Petition to Commissary to be substituted. †Form of petition as in Schedule A.
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Every person desirous of being decerned executor of a deceased person as disponee, next of kin, creditor, or in any other character whatsoever now competent, or of having some other person, possessed of such character, decerned executor to a deceased person, shall . . . . . . present a petition to the commissary for the appointment of an executor; which petition . . . . . . shall be subscribed by the petitioner or by his agent or by an executry practitioner or a recognised financial institution providing executry services within the meaning of section 23 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions)(Scotland) Act 1990.
A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate
Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
Word repealed by S. I. 1964/1143
Words added (1.3.1997 except in relation to a recognised financial institution, as to whichprosp..) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions)(Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 76:2), s. 74(1), Sch. 8 para. 22(1); S.I. 1996/2894, art. 3, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 1996/2966, art. 2)
Words in s. 2 repealed (S.) (15.8.2003) by Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 4), s. 21(2), Sch. 4 para. 1; S.S.I. 2003/384, art. 2(d)