PART VPROBATE CAUSES AND MATTERS

Powers of court in relation to personal representatives

115Grants to trust corporations

1

The High Court may—

a

where a trust corporation is named in a will as executor, grant probate to the corporation either solely or jointly with any other person named in the will as executor, as the case may require; or

b

grant administration to a trust corporation, either solely or jointly with another person ;

and the corporation may act accordingly as executor or administrator, as the case may be.

2

Probate or administration shall not be granted to any person as nominee of a trust corporation.

3

Any officer authorised for the purpose by a trust corporation or its directors or governing body may, on behalf of the corporation, swear affidavits, give security and do any other act which the court may require with a view to the grant to the corporation of probate or administration; and the acts of an officer so authorised shall be binding on the corporation.