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ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1919 - SECT 17

ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1919 - SECT 17

17—Probate and administration granted in other States or the United Kingdom or by foreign Court to be of like force as if granted in South Australia, on being re-sealed

When any probate or administration granted by any Court of competent jurisdiction in any of the Australasian States or in the United Kingdom, or any probate or administration granted by a foreign court, is produced to and a copy thereof deposited with the Registrar, such probate or administration may be sealed with the seal of the Supreme Court, and thereupon shall have the like force and effect and the same operation in this State, and every executor and administrator thereunder shall, subject to subsection (4) of section 65 of this Act, have the same rights and powers, perform the same duties, and be subject to the same liabilities, as if such probate or administration had been originally granted by the Supreme Court.