Probate and Administration Act 1934 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Oath
28. Oath
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Upon the grant of any probate or letters of administration, the grantee shall take an oath in the prescribed form, faithfully to administer the estate and to account for the same.
probate
“probate” means a grant under the seal of the court issuing the same, authorising the executor or executors expressly or impliedly appointed by a testator’s will, or one or more of them, to administer the testator’s estate in compliance with the directions contained in his will, and in accordance with law;
Subsection (1) shall not apply where the grantee is the Public Trustee or a trust company.
Public Trustee
“Public Trustee” means the Public Trustee appointed under the Public Trustee Act 1915 and includes a Deputy Public Trustee and an Assistant Public Trustee appointed under that Act;