Hong Kong Ordinances

PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 5

Registrar may exercise jurisdiction in certain cases

(1) Subject to section 6, a grant of probate or administration may be made,
amended or resealed by the Registrar in the name and under the seal of the
court.

(2) The Registrar may, in any case in which he has jurisdiction under this
section, exercise all such powers as are ancillary thereto which the court or
a judge may exercise in like circumstances.

(3) Nothing in this section shall-

   (a)  limit or prevent the exercise by a judge of any jurisdiction conferred
        upon the Registrar by this section; or

   (b)  confer upon the Registrar jurisdiction to revoke a grant.

(4) In this section and in section 6 "grant" means a grant, or the resealing
of a grant, of probate or administration or any amendment thereof.

"grant"