Singapore legislation

Regulation 28

of Family Justice (Probate and Other Matters) Rules 2024

Regulation 28

Renunciation of probate and administration (P. 6, r. 28)

Subregulation 1

Renunciation of probate by an executor does not operate as renunciation of any right which he or she may have to a grant of administration in some other capacity unless he or she expressly renounces such right.

Subregulation 2

Unless the Registrar otherwise directs, no person who has renounced administration in one capacity may obtain a grant of administration in some other capacity.

Subregulation 3

A renunciation of probate or administration may be withdrawn by permission of the Court in accordance with section 5.

Subregulation 4

Despite paragraph (3), permission may be given only in exceptional circumstances to an executor to withdraw a renunciation of probate after a grant has been made to some other person entitled in a lower degree.

Subregulation 5

A written renunciation of a right to a grant under section 3 must be in one of the forms in Form 166.