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Administration of Estates Act 1971

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9Duties of personal representatives

For section 25 of the [1925 c. 23.] Administration of Estates Act 1925 (duty of personal representatives as to inventory and account) there shall be substituted the following section:—

“25Duty of personal representatives.

The personal representative of a deceased person shall be under a duty to—

(a)collect and get in the real and personal estate of the deceased and administer it according to law;

(b)when required to do so by the court, exhibit on oath in the court a full inventory of the estate and when so required render an account of the administration of the estate to the court;

(c)when required to do so by the High Court, deliver up the grant of probate or administration to that court.”

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