New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1898 - SECT 107

107 Probates and letters of administration granted in other colonies or the United Kingdom to be of like force as if granted in New South Wales on being resealed

(1) When any probate or letters of administration already granted or hereafter to be granted by any court of competent jurisdiction in any portion of Her Majesty's dominions is or are produced to and a copy thereof deposited with the Registrar by any person being the executor or administrator therein named, or by any person duly authorised by power of attorney in that behalf under the hand and seal of such executor or administrator therein named, or by any person duly authorised by power of attorney in that behalf under the hand and seal of such executor or administrator such probate or letters of administration may be sealed with the seal of the Court.

(2) When so sealed such probate or letters of administration shall have the like force and effect and the same operation in New South Wales, and every executor and administrator thereunder shall perform the same duties and be subject to the same liabilities as if such probate or administration had been originally granted by the Court.

(3) The Court may require any such executor or administrator or person authorised as aforesaid to give security for the due administration of the estate in respect of matters or claims in New South Wales.

(4) For the purposes of this Division the word
"executor" shall be deemed to include executor by representation.