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CAP. 10]
[Subsidiary]
Non-Contentious Probate Rules
(1983 Ed.
L.N. 358:83.
Duty of Registrar on receiving application for grant.
(2) A personal applicant may not apply through an agent, whether paid or unpaid, and may not be attended by any person acting or appearing to act as his adviser.
(3) No personal application shall be received or proceeded with if-
(a) it becomes necessary to bring the matter before the court on motion or by action;
(b) an application has already been made by a solicitor on behalf of the applicant and has not been withdrawn;
(c) the Registrar otherwise directs.
(4) After a will has been deposited in the Registry by a personal applicant, it may not be delivered to the applicant or to any other person unless in special circumstances the Registrar so directs.
(5) A personal applicant shall produce a certificate of the death of the deceased or such other evidence of the death as the Registrar may approve.
(6) A personal applicant may prepare the papers leading to the grant himself and lodge them in the Registry unsworn, or if the Registrar so directs shall supply all information necessary to enable such papers to be prepared in the Registry.
(7) Unless the Registrar otherwise directs, every oath, affidavit or guarantee required on a personal application shall be sworn or executed by all the deponents or obligors before an authorized officer.
(8) No legal advice shall be given to a personal applicant by any person in the Registry and every such person shall be responsible only for embodying in proper form the applicant's instructions for a grant.
(9) No application for a grant shall be made by post.
(10) Where the gross amount of an estate does not exceed $50,000 a personal applicant may make an informal application to the official administrator requesting him to administer the estate informally.
5. (1) The Registrar shall not allow any grant to issue until all inquiries which he may see fit to make have been answered to his satisfaction.
(2) The Registrar may require proof of the identity of the deceased or of the applicant for the grant beyond that contained in the oath.
(3) Except with the leave of the Registrar, no grant of probate or of administration with the will annexed shall issue within 7 days of the death of the deceased and no grant of administration shall issue within 14 days thereof.
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A 4
CAP. 10]
[Subsidiary]
Non-Contentious Probate Rules
(1983 Ed.
L.N. 358:83.
Duty of
Registrar on receiving application for grant.
(2) A personal applicant may not apply through an agent, whether paid or unpaid, and may not be attended by any person acting or appearing to act as his adviser.
(3) No personal application shall be received or proceeded with if-
(a) it becomes necessary to bring the matter before the court
on motion or by action;
(b) an application has already been made by a solicitor on
behalf of the applicant and has not been withdrawn;
(c) the Registrar otherwise directs.
(4) After a will has been deposited in the Registry by a personal applicant, it may not be delivered to the applicant or to any other person unless in special circumstances the Registrar so directs.
(5) A personal applicant shall produce a certificate of the death of the deceased or such other evidence of the death as the Registrar may approve.
(6) A personal applicant may prepare the papers leading to the grant himself and lodge them in the Registry unsworn, or if the Registrar so directs shall supply all information necessary to enable such papers to be prepared in the Registry.
(7) Unless the Registrar otherwise directs, every oath, affidavit or guarantee required on a personal application shall be sworn or executed by all the deponents or obligors before an authorized officer.
(8) No legal advice shall be given to a personal applicant by any person in the Registry and every such person shall be responsible only for embodying in proper form the applicant's instructions for a grant.
(9) No application for a grant shall be made by post.
(10) Where the gross amount of an estate does not exceed $50,000 a personal applicant may make an informal application to the official administrator requesting him to administer the estate informally.
5. (1) The Registrar shall not allow any grant to issue until all inquiries which he may see fit to make have been answered to his satisfaction.
(2) The Registrar may require proof of the identity of the deceased or of the applicant for the grant beyond that contained in the oath.
(3) Except with the leave of the Registrar, no grant of probate or of administration with the will annexed shall issue within 7 days of the death of the deceased and no grant of administration shall issue within 14 days thereof.
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