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Administration and Probate Act 1935
14Provisions as to the number of personal representatives and where minority or life interest
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### 14 Provisions as to the number of personal representatives and where minority or life interest
> > (1) Representation shall not be granted to more than 4 persons in respect of the same property; and administration shall, if any beneficiary is an infant, or a life interest arises under a will, be granted either to a trust corporation, with or without an individual, or to not less than two individuals. Provided that the Court in granting administration may act on such *prima facie* evidence, furnished by the applicant or any other person, as to whether or not there is a minority or life interest, as may be prescribed by the Probate Rules.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 14 Subsection (2) amended by No. 38 of 2015, s. 7, Applied:13 Oct 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-10-13/act-2015-038#GS7@EN) If there is only one personal representative, not being a trust corporation, then during the minority of the beneficiary or the subsistence of a life interest, and until the estate is fully administered, the Court may, on the application of any person interested or of the guardian, administrator, or receiver of any such person, appoint, in accordance with the Probate Rules, one or more personal representatives in addition to the original personal representative.
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> > (3) This section applies to grants of representation made after the commencement of this Act, whether the deceased died before or after such commencement.