ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT - 1961 (ACT 63)

Section - 61 - Necessity for probate

A grant of probate is necessary to entitle an executor to administer the property, whether movable or immovable, of the testator. Before probate, the executor may, for the benefit of the estate, exercise the functions which pertain to his office but he shall not be entitled to make a disposition of any property.