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PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION ACT (IRELAND) 1857 - SECT 79

Powers of recited Act shall be exercised by the Court in Ireland, &c.

79. ... At the expiration of twelve calendar months from the death of any
testator or intestate, if the executor to whom probate has been granted or the
administrator to whom administration has been granted by the Court, be
residing out of the jurisdiction of Her Majesty's Courts of Law or Equity in
Ireland, the Court shall, upon the application of any creditor, next of kin,
or legatee, grounded upon an affidavit, have and exercise all the powers by
the said Act given to the ecclesiastical courts in England in cases where the
executor to whom probate has been granted by any of such courts is residing
out of the jurisdiction of the Courts of Law and Equity in England; and all
the powers by the said recited Act given to Courts of Equity in England shall,
so far as relates to property and to suits in Ireland, be exercised by the
Court of Chancery in Ireland; and the powers thereby given to the Accountant
General of the High Court of Chancery in England, or to the secretary or
deputy secretary of the Governor or Company of the Bank of England, shall be
exercised by the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, and
by the officers and the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
respectively.

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