Probate and Administration Act 1934 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10 · Re-Sealing of Probates and Letters of Administration Granted Out of Singapore
46. Interpretation
Feedback & supportIn this Part —“Commonwealth” shall, for the purposes of this Part, be deemed to include any country in the Commonwealth which the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify to be a country to which this Part applies;“court of probate” means any court or authority by whatever name designated, having jurisdiction in matters of probate;“probate” and “letters of administration” include confirmation in Scotland and any instrument having in any country or territory the same effect which, under the law of Singapore, is given to probate or letters of administration respectively.
“Commonwealth” shall, for the purposes of this Part, be deemed to include any country in the Commonwealth which the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify to be a country to which this Part applies;
“court of probate” means any court or authority by whatever name designated, having jurisdiction in matters of probate;
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;
“probate” and “letters of administration” include confirmation in Scotland and any instrument having in any country or territory the same effect which, under the law of Singapore, is given to probate or letters of administration respectively.
letters of administration
“letters of administration” means a grant under the seal of the court issuing the same, authorising the person or persons therein named to administer an intestate’s estate in accordance with law;