26Probate or administration may be revoked or further bond

26 Probate or administration may be revoked or further bond required (1) At any time after probate of the will, or administration of the estate, of a deceased person has been granted, the Court may, upon the application of a person who is interested in the estate, revoke the probate or administration, as the case may be. (2) At any time after administration of the estate of a deceased person has been granted, the Court may, upon the application of a person who is interested in the estate, order the administrator of the estate to execute a bond, or an additional bond, as the case may be, of such amount and within such time as the Court thinks fit and with one surety, being an insurance company approved by the Minister. (3) If an administrator fails to comply with the terms of an order made under subsection (2), the Court may remove the administrator and appoint another person to be an administrator of the estate in his or her place.

Administration and Probate Act 1969 8 (4) Where the Court has removed an administrator of an estate under subsection (3) and appointed another person to be an administrator of the estate in his or her place, any contract, made before the date on which the administrator was so removed, in respect of which the administrator so removed was, in his or her capacity of administrator of the estate, a party shall, on and after that date, be read and construed, and may be enforced, as if references in the contract to the administrator so removed were references to the administrator so appointed in his or her place.