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(1)Where a corporation, being a corporation to which this section applies, is named as the executor of the will of a deceased person who at the time of his death was domiciled in England, probate of the will may be granted by the High Court to that corporation by its corporate name, and a corporation to which probate is granted in pursuance of this section shall, subject to the provisions of any rules made for giving effect to this section, have the same rights and be subject to the same liabilities and duties in all respects as an individual to whom probate is granted.
(2)Rules may be made under section thirty of the [20 & 21 Vict. c. 77.] Court of Probate Act, 1857, for giving effect to this section, and in particular for modifying in their application to a corporation any enactments relating to executors and for prescribing the person who is to act on behalf of a corporation for the purpose of any oath required to be taken, or any other thing required to be done, by an executor on an application for or otherwise in connection with a grant of probate.
(3)The corporations to which this section applies are all corporations having their principal place of business in the United Kingdom.
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