PROBATES.
No. 2 of 1897.
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(b) in the case of administration, that security has been given in a sum sufficient in amount to cover the property, if any, in the Colony to which the administration relates; and the court may require such evidence, if any, as it thinks fit as to the domicile of the deceased person.
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(3) The court may also, if it thinks fit, on the application of any creditor, require, before sealing, that adequate security be given for the payment of debts due from the estate to creditors residing in the Colony.
(4) For the purposes of this section, a duplicate of any probate or administration sealed with the seal of the court of probate granting the same, or a copy thereof certified as correct by or under the authority of such court, shall have the same effect as the original.
(5) All Ordinances, enactments, and rules relating to probate duty or estate duty, or to fees and costs in the court, shall apply to applications for sealing under this section to the same extent and in the same manner as if the person who applies for such sealing were a person applying to the court for probate or administration.
68. Sections 66 and 67 shall apply to probates and administrations granted in the United Kingdom either before or after the commencement of this Ordinance.
Colonial probates.
69. In the provisions of this Part relating to colonial probates-
(a) "British court in a foreign country" means any British colonial court having jurisdiction out of His Majesty's dominions in pursuance of an Order in Council, whether made under any Act of Parliament or otherwise.
(b) "Court of probate" means any court or authority, by whatever name designated, having jurisdiction in matters of probate.
(c) "Probate" and "administration" include any instrument having, in a British possession, the same effect as, under the law of this Colony, is given to probate and administration respectively.
(d) "Probate duty" includes any stamp or other duty payable on the value of the estate for which probate or administration is granted.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.