Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts That any person or
persons may deposit in the Authority’s office for safe custody any
conveyance, deed, power of attorney or instrument in writing whatsoever, or
his or her last will and testament; of which deed, will, conveyance or other
instrument the said Registrar shall (first giving a receipt for the same)
immediately make an entry or entries in a book to be kept for that purpose, to
which book he shall keep an accurate alphabetical index, having reference
therein as well to the name of the testator or parties to each deed or
instrument as to the person or persons depositing the same; and the said
Registrar shall carefully and securely keep all such deeds, wills or other
instruments in the Authority’s office until required by the party or
parties depositing the same to deliver them back again: Provided that every
such will or testament shall be enclosed within a cover or envelope, sealed
with the seal of the testator or testatrix, whose name shall be endorsed by
the Registrar on such envelope or cover; and every such will shall remain in
the said office until the decease of the testator or testatrix, unless he or
she shall previously require the same to be delivered back; and upon the death
of the testator or testatrix the said Registrar shall, after examining such
will, deliver the same to the executor first named therein, or such other
person as the Supreme Court shall, upon petition, order.
[Section 13 amended: No. 59 of 2004 s. 136; No. 60
of 2006 s. 150(9).]