261. Assignment of administration bond.
The court may, on application made by petition, and on being satisfied that
the engagement of any such bond has not been kept, and upon such terms as
to security or providing that the money received be paid into court, or
otherwise as the court may think fit, assign the bond to some person, his or
her executors, or administrators, who shall thereupon be entitled to sue on the
bond in his or her own name as if the bond had been originally given to him
or her instead of to a judge of the High Court or a district delegate, and shall
be entitled to recover on it, as trustee for all persons interested, the full
amount recoverable in respect of any breach of the bond.
262. Time for grant of probate and administration.
No probate of a will shall be granted until after the expiration of seven clear
days, and no letters of administration shall be granted until after the
expiration of fourteen clear days, from the day of the testator’s or intestate’s
death.
263. Filing of original wills of which probate or administration with will
annexed granted.
A judge of the High Court or district delegate shall file and preserve all
original wills of which probate or letters of administration with the will
annexed may be granted by him or her among the records of his or her court,
until some public registry for wills is established; and the Minister shall make
regulations for the preservation and inspection of the wills so filed.
264. Grantee of probate or administration alone to sue, etc. until grant
revoked.
After any grant of probate or letters of administration, no person other than
the person to whom the same has been granted shall have power to sue or
prosecute any suit, or otherwise act as representative of the deceased, until
the probate or letters of administration has or have been recalled or revoked.
265. Procedure in contentious cases.
In any case before the High Court in which there is contention, the
proceedings shall take, as nearly as may be, the form of a regular suit
according to the provisions of the law relating to civil procedure, in which
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