Bodies Corporate (Executors and Administrators) Act, 1928
What is this act about?
This law allows companies, not just individuals, to be appointed as executors of wills or administrators of a deceased person's estate. It outlines how these companies can take on these roles and what their responsibilities will be.
Who it applies to: Bodies corporate named as executors in a will or who are the proper persons to receive letters of administration; Deceased persons whose wills or personal estates are being administered.
At a glance
- Country
- Ireland
- Area of law
- Commercial and corporate law
- Articles
- 5
- Source
- irishstatutebook.ie
- Text retrieved
- Explanation updated
What does this act regulate?
- The granting of probate of wills to bodies corporate.
- The granting of letters of administration of personal estates to bodies corporate.
- The rights, liabilities, and duties of bodies corporate acting as executors or administrators.
- The rules and procedures for bodies corporate to apply for and receive such grants.
Who does this act apply to?
- Bodies corporate named as executors in a will or who are the proper persons to receive letters of administration.
- Deceased persons whose wills or personal estates are being administered.
What are the key points?
- A body corporate can be granted probate of a will by the High Court, either alone or jointly with other executors.
- A body corporate can be granted letters of administration by the High Court, either alone or jointly with other proper persons.
- A body corporate acting as an executor or administrator has the same rights, liabilities, and duties as an individual in that role.
- A "body corporate" for the purpose of this Act must have a capital of not less than £50,000, with at least £20,000 paid up in cash.
Commercial and corporate law
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BODIES CORPORATE (EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS) ACT, 1928.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section
Section 1
Grant of probate to a body corporate.
Section 2
Grant of administration to a body corporate.
Section 3
Rules for giving effect to this Act.
Section 4
Definitions.
Section 5
Short title.
SCHEDULE.
Number 9 of 1928.
BODIES CORPORATE (EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS) ACT, 1928.
AN ACT TO ENABLE GRANTS OF PROBATE OF THE WILLS OF DECEASED PERSONS AND OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE PERSONAL ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS TO BE MADE TO BODIES CORPORATE. [12th July, 1928.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT ÉIREANN AS FOLLOWS:— Grant of probate to a body corporate.
1.—(1) Where a body corporate is named as the executor or one of the executors of the will of a deceased person, probate of such will may be granted by the High Court to such body corporate by its corporate name.
Grant of administration to a body corporate.
2.—(1) Where the proper person or one of the proper persons to receive a grant of letters of administration is a body corporate, the High Court may grant such letters of administration to such body corporate by its corporate name either, as the circumstances may require, alone or jointly with the other proper person or persons.
Rules for giving effect to this Act.
3.—(1) The rules set forth in the Schedule to this Act shall (subject to any modifications made therein under this section) have effect in relation to grants of probate and of letters of administration to bodies corporate under this Act and to applications for such grants.
Definitions.
4.—(1) In this Act the expression “letters of administration” means and includes all classes of letters of administration of the personal estate or part of the personal estate of a deceased person whether with or without a will annexed and whether granted for general, special or limited purposes, and the word “administrators” where the context so admits includes persons applying for a grant of letters of administration.
Short title.
5.—This Act may be cited as the Bodies Corporate (Executors and Administrators) Act, 1928.
SCHEDULE.
Rules.
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