Section 3Part 0 —
Grant of probate and letters of administration and the effect thereof
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No person acting otherwise than as an agent of necessity shall take possession of or in any manner administer any part of the estate of a deceased person unless that person has first obtained from the Court a grant of probate of the will or letters of administration of the estate of such deceased person.
No grant of probate or letters of administration shall be made to a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years.
No grant of probate or letters of administration in respect of an estate of a deceased person shall be granted to more than four persons jointly.
A grant of probate of the will of a deceased person shall be deemed to take effect from the time of the death of such person.
A grant of letters of administration of the estate of a deceased person shall take effect from the time of the grant.
A person who has been named in the will of a deceased person as an executor and who has not attained the age of eighteen years at the time of the death of such deceased person may, on attaining the age of eighteen years, apply for a grant of probate of the said will and such grant shall take effect from the date thereof.
Applications to the Court for grants of probate or letters of administration shall be made in the manner prescribed.
Where a deceased person has left a will in which no executor is named the Court shall make a grant of letters of administration with the will annexed.