Clause 28

A District Court shall have jurisdiction to grant probate or letters of administration in respect of the estate and effects within Singapore of any deceased person, where the estate and effects in respect of which the grant is applied for, exclusive of what the deceased was possessed of or entitled to as a trustee and not beneficially, but without deducting anything on account of the debts due or owing from the deceased, do not exceed in value ten thousand dollars; and may alter, revoke or annul the same.