63Persons entitled to see will

63 Persons entitled to see will

(1)  Any person having the possession or control of a will (including a revoked will) or a copy of any such will and any part of such a will (including a purported will) of a deceased person must allow any or all of the following persons to inspect and, at their own expense, take copies of it:

(a) any person named or referred to in it, whether as beneficiary or not;

(b) the surviving spouse, any parent or guardian and any issue of the testator;

(c) any person who would be entitled to a share of the estate of the testator if the testator had died intestate;

(d) any creditor or other person having any claim at law or in equity against the estate of the deceased;

(e) any beneficiaries of prior wills of the deceased;

(f) a parent or guardian of a minor referred to in the will or who would be entitled to a share of the estate of the testator if the testator had died intestate.

(2)  Any person having the possession or control of a will (including a revoked will) or a copy of any such will and any part of such a will (including a purported will), of a deceased person must produce it in Court if required to do so.

(3)  Nothing in this section authorises the inspection or production of a will, a revoked will, a copy of any such will or any part of such a will while the testator is alive.

(4)  Nothing in this section limits the rights of a person under any other law.