Hong Kong Ordinances

DISTRICT COURT ORDINANCE - SECT 72A

Rules for commencing proceedings for estates of deceased persons

The Rules Committee may make rules of court for-

   (a)  proceedings to be commenced against the estate of a deceased person
        where a grant of probate or administration has not been made by the
        appointment of a person to represent the estate or otherwise;

   (b)  proceedings purporting to have been commenced by or against a dead
        person to be treated as having been commenced by or against his estate
        whether or not a grant of probate or administration was made before
        their commencement; and

   (c)  any proceedings commenced or treated as commenced in the Court by or
        against the estate of a deceased person to be maintained (whether by
        substitution of parties, amendment or otherwise) by or against, as the
        case may be, a person appointed to represent the estate or, if a grant
        of probate or administration is or has been made, by or against the
        personal representatives. (Added 28 of 2000 s. 41)