276. Married executrix or administratrix.
When probate or letters of administration have been granted to a married
woman, she has all the powers of an ordinary executor or administrator.
PART XXXIV—DUTIES OF AN EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR.
277. Deceased’s funeral.
It is the duty of an executor to perform the funeral of the deceased in a
manner suitable to his or her condition, if the deceased has left property
sufficient for the purpose.
278. Inventory and account.
(1) An executor or administrator shall, within six months from the
grant of probate or letters of administration, or within such further time as the
court which granted the probate or letters may from time to time appoint,
exhibit in that court an inventory containing a full and true estimate of all the
property in possession, and all the credits, and also all the debts owing by any
person to which the executor or administrator is entitled in that character; and
shall in like manner within one year from the grant, or within such further
time as the court may from time to time appoint, exhibit an account of the
estate, showing the assets which have come to his or her hands, and the
manner in which they have been applied or disposed of.
(2) On the completion of the administration of an estate, other than
an estate administered under the Administration of Estates (Small Estates)
(Special Provisions) Act, an executor or an administrator shall file in court
the final accounts relating to the estate verified by an affidavit two copies of
which shall be transmitted by the court to the Administrator General.
(3) The Chief Justice may from time to time prescribe the form in
which an inventory or account under this section is to be exhibited.
(4) If an executor or administrator, on being required by the court to
exhibit an inventory or account under this section, intentionally omits to
comply with the requisition, he or she shall be deemed to have committed an
offence under section 116 of the Penal Code Act.
(5)
The exhibition by an executor or administrator of an intentionally
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