32ACertificate evidence

#### 32A Certificate evidence 32A Certificate evidence > > (1) When a trustee company is executor or administrator, or is by law authorised to administer the estate of any deceased person, a certificate issued under the seal of the trustee company, certifying: > > > > > (a) that the trustee company has taken out probate or letters of administration, or is authorised to administer the estate, and > > > > > (b) the date when such probate or letters of administration was or were granted, or when and how the trustee company became authorised to administer the estate, and > > > > > (c) the name, residence and occupation of the deceased person, > > > > is, despite any Act or other law to the contrary, to be accepted for all purposes as prima facie evidence (without production of any other proof): > > > > > (d) of the death of the deceased person, and > > > > > (e) of the appointment of the trustee company as executor or administrator, or of the right of the trustee company to administer the estate. > > > (2) If a trustee company is appointed and acts jointly with any other person (in this subsection referred to as co-administrator) as executor or administrator, a certificate issued under the seal of the trustee company, certifying: > > > > > (a) that the trustee company and such co-administrator have taken out probate or letters of administration, and > > > > > (b) the date when such probate or letters of administration was or were granted, and > > > > > (c) the name, residence and occupation of the deceased person, > > > > is, despite any Act or other law to the contrary, to be accepted for all purposes as prima facie evidence (without production of any other proof): > > > > > (d) of the death of the deceased person, and > > > > > (e) of the appointment of the trustee company and the co-administrator as executors or administrators. > > **s 32A:** Ins 1990 No 98, Sch 1 (2).