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The Succession Act, 1925

( ACT NO. XXXIX OF 1925 )

Chapter I

OF GRANT OF PROBATE AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

Probate only to appointed executor
222. (1) Probate shall be granted only to an executor appointed by the will.
 
 
(2) The appointment may be expressed or by necessary implication.
 
 
Illustrations
 
 
(i) A wills that C be his executor if B will not. B is appointed executor by implication.
 
 
(ii) A gives a legacy to B and several legacies to other persons, among the rest to his daughter-in-law C, and adds "but should the within-named C be not living I do constitute and appoint B my whole and sole executrix". C is appointed executrix by implication.
 
 
(iii) A appoints several persons executors of his will and codicils and his nephew residurary legatee, and in another codicil are these words, "I appoint my nephew my residuary legatee, to discharge all lawful demands against my will and codicils signed of different dates." The nephew is appointed an executor by implication.

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