39ACertificate of trustee company to be accepted as evidence

39A Certificate of trustee company to be accepted as evidence

[Section 39A Inserted by No. 117 of 1973, s. 3 ]

(1)  A certificate sealed by a trustee company certifying the nature of the company's appointment in relation to any estate, and any facts on the happening of which that appointment was made, shall be accepted by all courts, officers, and other persons as sufficient evidence of all the facts therein set forth, without the production of any other proof whatever.

(2)  The certificate referred to in subsection (1) shall be sufficient for the purpose of registering the trustee company as proprietor of any shares, stock, or property in any company, body, or association, or of any estate or interest in any land under the Land Titles Act 1980 , or of bringing any land under that Act, and may be registered against that land as in the case of probate or letters of administration, and shall have the same force and effect.

(3)  The certificate referred to in subsection (1) shall be equivalent, for registration purposes under any Act, to probate or letters of administration, and it shall not be necessary to register the probate or letters of administration.