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TRUSTEE COMPANIES ACT 1984 - SECT 11 Authority for trustee company to obtain letters of administration

TRUSTEE COMPANIES ACT 1984 - SECT 11

Authority for trustee company to obtain letters of administration

    (1)     In any case in which a person may apply for and obtain a grant of letters of administration of the estate of a deceased person (whether with or without the will annexed), that person may—

        (a)     join with a trustee company in an application for a grant of letters of administration to the person and the trustee company jointly; or

        (b)     instead of applying personally, authorize a trustee company to apply for and obtain a grant of letters of administration to the estate.

    (2)     Where—

        (a)     a person joins with a trustee company in an application under subsection (1); or

S. 11(2)(b) amended by No. 45/1994 s. 42(Sch. item 13.2).

        (b)     a trustee company makes an application that it has, pursuant to subsection (1)(b), been authorized to make—

the Supreme Court may grant letters of administration of the estate in accordance with the application.

    (3)     Where administration of any estate with or without the will annexed is granted to a trustee company either alone or jointly with any other person, that trustee company may do and perform all acts and duties which belong to the office of administrator or administrator with the will annexed, as the case may be, as fully and effectually as an administrator who is a private individual.

S. 11A inserted by No. 84/1991 s. 16,

repealed by No. 80/2014

s. 46.

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No. 6402 s. 9.