Cap. 10activeordinance

Probate and Administration Ordinance

遺囑認證及遺產管理條例

Full legislation

s.25

Number of personal representatives

(1)
Probate or administration shall not be granted to more than four persons in
                    respect of the same property, and administration shall, if there is a minority
                    or if a life interest arises under the will or intestacy, be granted either to a
                    trust corporation, with or without an individual, or to not less than two
individuals:
Provided that the court in
                    granting administration may act on such prima facie evidence, furnished by the
                    applicant or any other person, as to whether or not there is a minority or life
                    interest, in accordance with probate rules and orders.
(2)
If there is only one personal representative (not being a trust corporation)
                then, during the minority of a beneficiary or the subsistence of a life interest and
                until the estate is fully administered, the court may, on the application of any
                person interested or of the guardian, committee or receiver of any such person,
                appoint one or more personal representatives in addition to the original personal
                representative in accordance with probate rules and orders.
(3)
This section applies to grants of representation made after the
                commencement*
                of this Ordinance whether the testator or intestate died before or after such
                commencement.
[cf. 1925 c. 49 s. 160 U.K.]