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s.57
Protection of persons acting on probate or administration
(1)
Every person making or permitting to be made any payment or disposition in good
faith under a representation shall be indemnified and protected in so doing,
notwithstanding any defect or circumstance whatsoever affecting the validity of the
representation.
[cf. 1925 c. 23
s. 27(1) U.K.]
(2)
Where a representation is revoked, all payments and dispositions made in good
faith to a personal representative under the representation before the revocation
thereof are a valid discharge to the person making the same; and the personal
representative who acted under the revoked representation may retain and reimburse
himself in respect of any payments or dispositions made by him which the person to
whom representation is afterwards granted might have properly made.
[cf. 1925 c. 23 s. 27(2)
U.K.]
(3)
All transfers and conveyances of any interest in property made to a purchaser
either before or after the
commencement*
of this Ordinance by a person to whom probate or letters of administration have been
granted are valid, notwithstanding any subsequent revocation or variation, either
before or after the
commencement*
of this Ordinance, of the probate or administration.
[cf. 1925 c. 23 s. 37(1)
U.K.]
(4)
This section takes effect without prejudice to any order of the court made
before the
commencement*
of this Ordinance and applies whether the testator or intestate died before or after
such
commencement*.
[cf. 1925 c. 23 s. 37(2)
U.K.]