ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT - 1961 (ACT 63)

Section - 84 - Sealing of Probate and Letters of Administration from other Countries

(1) Where a Court of Probate in a Commonwealth country or in any country to which this section is applied has granted probate or letters of administration in respect of the estate of a deceased person, the probate or letters so granted may, on being produced to and a copy thereof deposited with the court, be sealed with the other seal of the court, and thereupon shall be of the like force and effect, and have the same operation in Ghana as if granted by the court.

(2) The court shall, before sealing a probate or letters of administration under this Part, be satisfied:-

(a) that probate duty has been paid in respect of so much, if any, of the estate as is liable to probate duty in Ghana; and

(b) in the case of letters of administration, that security has been given in a sum sufficient to cover the property, if any, in Ghana to which the letters of administration relate.

(3) The court may also on the application of any creditor require before sealing that adequate security be given for the payment of debts due from the estate to creditors residing in Ghana.

(4) The President by legislative instrument may apply this section to a specified country on such conditions, if any, as may be prescribed in the order.