Section 14
Power to authenticate grant obtained elsewhere in British Empire
of Administration of Estates Ordinance, 1933
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(1)
Where a grant of probate or letters of administration in respect of a deceased person owning assets in the State has not been obtained under this Ordinance, a grant of representation to the estate of such person obtained from the proper authority in any part of the
British Empire (including British Protectorates and Mandated
Territories) or from any competent British Court in any foreign country shall be effective in the State as regards property specified in a schedule authenticated under the hand and official seal of the
Probate Officer and annexed to it.
(2)
Such authentication shall be conditional upon payment of the Estate Duty under the Estate Duty Ordinance [Cap. 29 (1958
Ed.)]* and the due fulfilment of such other conditions as are required in the case of a grant of probate or letters of administration, as the case may be, under this Ordinance.
(3)
The holder of a grant so authenticated shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities and obligations as an executor or administrator under a grant of probate or letters of administration issued under this Ordinance.
EFFECT OF GRANT AND DUTIES OF EXECUTORS
AND ADMINISTRATORS