Section 9 Duties of personal representatives.C1

For section 25 of the M1 Administration of Estates Act 1925 (duty of personal representatives as to inventory and account) there shall be substituted the following section:—

“Duty of personal representatives.

25

The personal representative of a deceased person shall be under a duty to—

(a)

collect and get in the real and personal estate of the deceased and administer it according to law;

(b)

when required to do so by the court, exhibit on oath in the court a full inventory of the estate and when so required render an account of the administration of the estate to the court;

(c)

when required to do so by the High Court, deliver up the grant of probate or administration to that court.”