28Renunciation or non-appearance by executor

28 Renunciation or non-appearance by executor Where: (a) any person renounces probate of the will of which he or she is appointed an executor; (b) an executor appointed in a will survives the testator but dies without having taken probate; or (c) an executor named in a will is personally cited to take probate and does not appear to the citation, the right of that person in respect of the executorship shall wholly cease, and the representation of the testator and the administration of his or her estate shall, without any further renunciation, go, devolve, and be committed in like manner as if that person had not been appointed executor.