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Administration and Probate Act 1929
32ARevocation of grant if person living at date of grant
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32A Revocation of grant if person living at date of grant
(1) If the Supreme Court is satisfied that a person was living at the time
when probate of his or her will, or administration of his or her estate,
was granted by the court, the court—
(a) must revoke the grant on the terms (if any) the court considers
appropriate in relation to proceedings that have been begun by
or against the executor or administrator or in relation to costs or
any other matter; and
(b) may at any time, whether before or after the revocation of the
grant, make the orders the court considers appropriate for the
protection of the estate, including an order for an injunction
against the executor or administrator or another person and an
order for the appointment of a receiver.
(2) An application to the Supreme Court for the revocation, under
subsection (1), of a grant of probate of the will, or administration of
the estate, of a person may be made—
(a) by the person; or
(b) if the person has died since the grant—by any person entitled to
apply for a grant of probate of the will, or administration of the
estate, of the person or by a person interested in the estate of the