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Administration and Probate Act 1969
91Punishment for accounts not exhibited
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91 Punishment for accounts not exhibited
(1) In case an executor or administrator neglects for one month after
the expiration of the period fixed, to file an inventory or statement,
or to file, to file and pass or to pass accounts, in accordance with
section 89, the Registrar shall cause the executor or administrator
to be notified of the neglect.
(2) In the case of further neglect for a period of one month, the
Registrar shall cause the executor or administrator to be
summoned before the Court to show cause why he or she should
not be ordered to file the inventory or statement or to file, to file and
pass or to pass the accounts forthwith.
(3) If the executor or administrator does not, within the prescribed time,
or within such further time as is allowed him or her by the Court, file
the inventory or file, file and pass or pass the accounts, as the case
may be, in the prescribed manner or in such other manner as the
Court orders, he or she shall be liable to punishment for contempt
of court.
(4) An executor or administrator to whom this section applies is, unless
the Court otherwise orders, personally liable for the costs and
expenses of any proceedings in pursuance of subsection (3).