233. Procedure where codicil discovered after grant.
If, after the grant of letters of administration with the will annexed, a codicil
is discovered, it may be added to the grant on due proof and identification,
and the grant altered and amended accordingly.
Revocation of grants.
234. Revocation or annulment for just cause.
(1) The grant of probate or letters of administration may be revoked
or annulled for just cause.
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
In this section, “just cause” means—
that the proceedings to obtain the grant were defective in
substance;
that the grant was obtained fraudulently by making a false
suggestion, or by concealing from the court something material
to the case;
that the grant was obtained by means of an untrue allegation of
a fact essential in point of law to justify the grant, though the
allegation was made in ignorance or inadvertently;
that the grant has become useless and inoperative through
circumstances; or
that the person to whom the grant was made has wilfully and
without reasonable cause omitted to exhibit an inventory or
account in accordance with Part XXXIV of this Act, or has
exhibited under that Part an inventory or account which is untrue
in a material respect.
PART XXXI—PRACTICE IN GRANTING AND REVOKING PROBATES AND
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
235. Jurisdiction to grant probate and letters of administration.
(1) Jurisdiction to grant probate and letters of administration under
this Act shall be exercised by the High Court and a magistrate’s court in
accordance with the Administration of Estates (Small Estates) (Special
Provisions) Act.
(2)
Any reference in this or any other Part of this Act to “a district
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