C.C.S.M. c. C290
The Court of King's Bench Surrogate Practice Act
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Table of Contents
| 1 | Definitions | |
| 2 | Interpretation | |
| 3 | (1) | [Repealed] |
| (2) | Preservation of documents | |
| 4 | Deputy registrars to report to registrar | |
| 5 | Officers not to take fees | |
| 6 | Jurisdiction | |
| 7 | 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 | Production of testamentary documents | |
| (2) | Examination of persons touching documents | |
| (3) | Liability of persons to orders | |
| 12 | Limited grant of administration | |
| 13 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Filing inventory | |
| (2) | Property discovered after grant | |
| (3) | Inventory upon limited grant | |
| 25 | 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 | New or additional security | |
| (2) | Application | |
| 30 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Summary administration of small estates | |
| (2) | Payment of claim by Minister of Finance | |
| (3) | Application of certain provisions excluded | |
| 48 | 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 Guardian and Trustee to act in estate | |
| 56 and 57 | [Repealed] |
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