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s.72
Probate rules and orders
(1)
The Chief Justice may make rules and orders (in this Ordinance
referred to as
probate rules and orders
), for
regulating the practice and procedure of the court and the Registry
with respect to non-contentious or common form probate business and
generally for the better carrying out of the provisions of this
Ordinance.
(1A)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Chief
Justice may make
rules—
(a)
regulating the payment or crediting of interest on any
money placed in any account operated by the Official
Administrator for the purpose of administering any
estate;
(b)
determining the smallest amount of money placed in such an
account in respect of which interest is to be
credited;
(c)
determining the time at which money placed in such an
account is to begin and to cease to bear interest and the
mode of computing such interest; and
(d)
determining the rate of interest to be credited to moneys
placed in such an account.
(Added
72 of 1978 s. 3
)
(2)
(Repealed
21 of 2024 s. 63
)