Section 265: Power to appoint delegate of district judge to deal with noncontentious cases
The Succession Act · Federal Acts · Part IX · in_force
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(1) The High Court may appoint such judicial officers within any district as it thinks fit to act for the District Judge as Delegates to grant probate and letters of administration in non-contentious cases, within such local limits as it may prescribe: Provided that, in the case of High Courts not established by Royal Charter, such appointments shall not be without the previous sanction of the [Provincial Government]. (2) Persons so appointed shall be called “District Delegates”.
Related sections
Section 264: Jurisdiction of district judge in granting and revoking probates, etcSection 266: District judge's powers as to grant of probate and administrationSection 263: Revocation or annulment for just cause CHAPTER IV Of the practice in granting and revoking probates and letters of administrationSection 267: District judge may order person to produce testamentary papersSection 262: Procedure where codicil discovered after grant of administration with will annexedSection 268: Proceedings of district judge's court in relation to probate and administration
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