Non-Contentious Probate Rules

53.
Grants in respect of nuncupative wills and of copies of wills
An application for an order admitting to proof a nuncupative will, or a will which
            it is claimed is valid according to the provisions contained in the Wills Ordinance
                (
Cap. 30
) or a will contained in a copy, a completed
            draft, a reconstruction or other evidence of its contents where the original will is not
            available, may be made to the
Registrar:
Provided that where a will is not available
            owing to its being retained in the custody of a court of justice outside Hong Kong or of
            an official of a government other than the Government of the Hong Kong Special
            Administrative Region, a duly authenticated copy of the will may be admitted to proof
            without any such order as aforesaid.
(
23 of 1998 s. 2
;
E.R. 1 of 2020
)