C.C.S.M. c. C290

The Court of Queen's Bench Surrogate Practice Act

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1	Definitions
2	Interpretation
3(1)
(2)	Preservation of documents
4	Deputy registrars to report to registrar
5	Officers not to take fees
6	Jurisdiction
7(1)	Administration not granted to non-residents
(2)	Security for probate granted to non-resident of Canada
(3)	Application to resealing
8	Where probate or administration granted
9	Judges executor, etc.
10	General effect of grant
11(1)	Production of testamentary documents
(2)	Examination of persons touching documents
(3)	Liability of persons to orders
12	Limited grant of administration
13(1)	Probate to trust company alone
(2)	Probate to trust company jointly with others
(3)	Power of trust company
(4)	Grant of administration to trust company
(5)	Officer of trust authorized to act
14	General power of court to appoint
15	Party applying not next of kin
16(1)	Temporary administration
(2)	Security
17	Administration pending litigation
18	Consequence of renouncing probate
19	Citation to prove or renounce
20	Consequences of failure to prove will
21	Where infant sole executor
22(1)	Application and proofs required
(2)	Evidence as to validity and execution
(3)	Evidence of witness
(4)	Where witness not available
(5)	Evidence as to holograph will
(6)	Probating notarial will
23	Affidavit sufficient for jurisdiction
24(1)	Filing inventory
(2)	Property discovered after grant
(3)	Inventory upon limited grant
25(1)	Bond of administrator
(2)	More than one bond
(3)	Amount of bond
(4)	Dispensing with bond and sureties
(5)	Where no sureties required
(6)	Where only one surety required
(7)	Bond of surety company
(8)	Deposit of money or securities
26	Reducing bond
27	Assignment of bond
28	Accounting under oaths and bonds
29(1)	New or additional security
(2)	Application
30(1)	Substitution of security
(2)	Application
31	Cancellation of security
32	Transmission of application to registrar
33	Wills and bonds not transmitted
34	Inquiry by registrar
35	Certificate of registrar
36	No grant without certificate of registrar
37(1)	Application to more than one judicial centre
(2)	Costs
(3)	Decision final
38	Caveats lodged
39	Notice of caveats
40	Notice of contentious matters
41	Accounting by executor
42	Accounts of guardians
43(1)	Jurisdiction on passing accounts
(2)	Notice of accounting
(3)	Notice where infant or incompetent person affected
(4)	Appointment of expert to assist
44	Accounting at request of person interested
45	Order for payment of money
46	Effect of accounting in court
47(1)	Summary administration of small estates
(2)	Payment of claim by Minister of Finance
(3)	Application of certain provisions excluded
48(1)	Receiving foreign grants
(2)	Certified copy of grants
(3)	Translation of testamentary documents
(4)	Letters of verification a probate
49	Security required
50	Application of section 48
51	On administration executor not to act
52	Proceedings continued regardless of revocation
53	Certified copies
54	Certificates of search
55	Appointment of Public Trustee to act in estate
56	Investment of trust money
57	Fees for Public Trustee