Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1929 - SECT 32A

    (1)     If the Supreme Court is satisfied that a person was living at the time when probate of his or her will, or administration of his or her estate, was granted by the court, the court—

        (a)     must revoke the grant on the terms (if any) the court considers appropriate in relation to proceedings that have been begun by or against the executor or administrator or in relation to costs or any other matter; and

        (b)     may at any time, whether before or after the revocation of the grant, make the orders the court considers appropriate for the protection of the estate, including an order for an injunction against the executor or administrator or another person and an order for the appointment of a receiver.

    (2)     An application to the Supreme Court for the revocation, under subsection (1), of a grant of probate of the will, or administration of the estate, of a person may be made—

        (a)     by the person; or

        (b)     if the person has died since the grant—by any person entitled to apply for a grant of probate of the will, or administration of the estate, of the person or by a person interested in the estate of the person.