ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1958 - SECT 5A Will may be deposited with registrar

ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1958 - SECT 5A

    (1)     Any person may deposit a will in the office of the registrar.

    (2)     Any will deposited in the office of the registrar must be in a sealed envelope which has written on it—

        (a)     the testator's name and address (as they appear in the will); and

        (b)     the name and address (as they appear in the will) of any executor; and

        (c)     the date of the will; and

        (d)     the name of the person depositing the will—

and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

S. 5A(3) amended by No. 35/1996

s. 453(Sch. 1 item 3.1)

    (3)     No fee is payable in respect of any will deposited with the registrar if the deposit is made because a legal practitioner has died, or has ceased, or is about to cease, practising in Victoria.

S. 5B

inserted by No. 10/1994

s. 5.