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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.]