Section 71
Contracts by personal representatives
of Probate and Administration Act 1959
ActIn forceProvision 70 of 79
Section 71
(1)
Subject to section 60 every contract entered into by a personal representative in exercise of his powers of administering an estate shall be binding on and be enforceable against and by the personal representative for the time being of the deceased, and may be carried into effect or be varied or rescinded by him, and, in the case of a contract entered into by a predecessor, as if it had been entered into by himself.
(2)
Nothing in this section shall affect the right of any person to require an assent, transfer or conveyance to be made.
(3)
This section applies whether the testator or intestate died before or after the commencement of this Act.