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Administration and Probate Act 1969
15Evidence of death
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15 Evidence of death
(1) Probate of the will, or administration of the estate, of a person may
be granted by the Court if it is satisfied, by direct evidence or by
evidence supporting a presumption of death, that the person is, or
may be presumed to be, dead.
(2) A grant of probate of the will, or administration of the estate, of a
person made upon direct evidence of the death of the person or
upon evidence supporting a presumption of the death of the person
is valid notwithstanding that the person is, after the day on which
the grant was made, found to have been alive on that day.
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