PROBATES.
No. 2 of 1897.
813
PART I.
JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF THE COURT,
of the court
3(1) The voluntary and contentious jurisdiction and general authority in relation to the granting and revocation of probate of wills and of letters of administration of the estates of deceased persons, together with full authority to hear and determine all questions relating to matters testamentary, shall as heretofore belong to and be vested in and be exercised in the name of His Majesty by the Supreme Court.
20 & 21 Vict. c. 77, s. 4.
administra-
causes tion.
(2) The Supreme Court shall as heretofore, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed a court of probate and shall be a court of record, and shall have the same powers, and its grants and orders shall have the same effect, in this Colony, and in relation to the estates in this Colony of deceased persons, as the Supreme Court and its grants and orders respectively now have or hitherto have had in relation to matters and causes testamentary and estates of deceased persons within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; and all duties which are or have been imposed on or should be performed by the Supreme Court in respect of probates, administrations, and matters and causes testamentary shall be performed by the Supreme Court under the probate jurisdiction hereby continued: Provided that no suits for legacies, or suits for the distribution of residues, shall be entertained by the Supreme Court in its probate jurisdiction.
2 & 21 Vict. 77, s. 23.
4. The judge shall have and may exercise full power of altering and amending any grant of probate or of administration, whether made before or after the commencement of this Ordinance.
Power of altering already probate, etc., granted.
the court
5. No officer or clerk of the court shall, during the time of his holding such office, directly or indirectly practise as a barrister or solicitor, or receive or participate in the fees of any other person so practising.
Prohibition of officer of practising.
20 & 21 Vict.
6. All probates, administrations, orders and other instruments, and all exemplifications and copies thereof, shall respectively be sealed with the seal of the Supreme Court; r. 77. s. 22. and any such document purporting to be so sealed shall be received in evidence, in any cause or proceeding of whatever kind, without further proof thereof.
Sealing of documents
PROBATES.
No. 2 of 1897.
813
PART I.
JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF THE COURT,
of the court
3(1) The voluntary and contentious jurisdiction and General authority in relation to the granting and revocation of jurisdiction probate of wills and of letters of administration of the estates in matters of of deceased persons, together with full authority to hear and probate and determine all questions relating to matters and testamentary, shall as heretofore belong to and be vested in 20 & 21 Vict. and he exercised in the name of His Majesty by the Supreme c. 77, s. 4.
Court.
administra- causes tion.
(2) The Supreme Court shall as heretofore, for the purposes 2 & 21 Vict. of this Ordinance, he deemed a court of probate and shall 77, s. 23. be a court of record, and shall have the same powers, and its grants and orders shall have the same effect, in this Colony, and in relation to the estates in this Colony of deceased persons, as the Supreme Court and its grants and orders respectively now have or hitherto have had in relation to matters and causes testamentary and estates of deceased persons within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; and all duties which are or have been imposed on or should be performed by the Supreme Court in respect of probates, administrations, and matters and causes testamentary shall be performed by the Supreme Court under the probate jurisdiction hereby continued: Provided that no suits for legacies, or suits for the distribution of residues, shall be entertained by the Supreme Court in its probate jurisdiction.
4. The judge shall have and may exercise full power of Power of altering and amending any grant of probate or of administra- altering tion, whether made before or after the commencement of this already Ordinance.
probate, etc.,
granted.
the court
5. No officer or clerk of the court shall, during the time Prohibition of his holding such office, directly or indirectly practise as a of officer of barrister or solicitor, or receive or participate in the fees of practising. any other person so practising.
20 & 21 Vict.
6. All probates, administrations, orders and other instru- Sealing of ments, and all exemplifications and copies thereof, shall documents respectively be sealed with the seal of the Supreme Court; r. 77. s. 22. and any such document purporting to be so sealed shall be received in evidence, in any cause or proceeding of whatever kind, without further proof thereof.
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