PROBATES.
No. 2 of 1897.
503
and
27.-(1) The Official Administrator shall give to any person who applies for the same copies of all documents and accounts in his possession relating to any estate under his administration or to any property which he receives or of which he takes possession under this Ordinance, on payment of the prescribed fees.
(2) If any such copy is refused, the applicant may petition the court in a summary way for an order on the Official Administrator to give such copy; and the costs of any such petition and order shall be paid by the Official Administrator, if the court so directs.
28. The Official Administrator shall, on the expiration of each half-year, make out and furnish to the Chief Justice and to the Colonial Secretary a return, according to the form in the First Schedule, of all estates vested in or administered by him during the half-year then expired, and he shall pay into the hands of the Treasurer the balance remaining in respect of each such estate immediately after the same has been closed.
Half-yearly returns.
First Schedule.
against action of Official Administrator.
29. No action shall be brought against the Official Administrator for anything done by him in respect of the execution or the intended execution of any power vested in him by this Ordinance, or for anything done by him in the exercise of his office as administrator under any grant of letters of administration made to him under this Ordinance, if it was done bonâ fide; but any person who feels aggrieved thereby may apply for redress to the court by summary petition verified upon oath, and the court may thereupon take such evidence as it thinks fit, and may make any order in relation to the matter which the Justice of the case requires.
Redress
PART III.
GRANTING AND REVOCATION OF PROBATES, ETC.
Caveat.
30.-(1) A caveat against the grant of any probate or administration may be lodged in the Registry of the court.
(2) Subject to any rules or orders made under this Ordinance, the practice and procedure of the court in respect of any caveat against grant. 20 & 21 Vict.
c. 77, s. 53.
• As amended by No. 14 of 1933 [23.6.33].