ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT - 1961 (ACT 63)

Section - 77 - Provisions as to the number of personal representatives

(1) Probate or administration shall not be granted to more than four persons in respect of the same property, and administration shall, if there is any beneficiary who is an infant or if a life interest arises under the will or intestacy, be granted either to a trust corporation, with or without an individual, or to not less than two individuals.

(2) The court in granting administration may act on such prima facie evidence, furnished by the applicant or any other person, as to whether or not there is a minority or life interest, as the court thinks sufficient.

(3) If there is only one personal representative (not being a trust corporation) then during the minority of a beneficiary or the subsistence of a life interest and until the estate is fully administered, the court may, on the application of any person interested or of the guardian, committee or receiver of any such person, appoint one or more personal representatives in addition to the original personal representative.

(4) This section shall apply to grants made after the commencement of this Act, whether the testator or intestate died before or after such commencement.