Hong Kong Ordinances

PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 32

Withdrawal of renunciation

(1) Where an executor who has renounced probate has been permitted, whether
before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, to withdraw the
renunciation and prove the will, the probate shall take effect and be deemed
always to have taken effect without prejudice to the previous acts and
dealings of and notices to any other personal representative who has
previously proved the will or taken out letters of administration, and a
memorandum of the subsequent probate shall be endorsed on the original probate
or letters of administration.

(2) This section applies whether the testator died before or after the
commencement of this Ordinance. [cf. 1925 c. 23 s. 6 U.K.]