### Non-Contentious Probate Rules 《無爭議遺囑認證規則》

47. Citation to propound a will
(1) A citation to propound a will shall be directed to the executors named in the will and to all persons interested thereunder, and may be issued at the instance of any citor having an interest contrary to that of the executors or such other persons.
(2) If the time limited for appearance has expired and no person cited has entered an appearance, or if no person who has appeared proceeds with reasonable diligence to propound the will, the citor may apply on motion for an order for a grant as if the will were invalid.

48. Address for service
All caveats, citations, warnings and appearances shall contain an address for service within the jurisdiction.

49. Application for order to bring in a will or to attend for examination
(1) An application under section 7(1) of the Ordinance for an order requiring a person to bring in a will or to attend for examination may be made to a judge by summons, which shall be served on every such person as aforesaid.
(2) An application under section 7(3) of the Ordinance for the issue by the Registrar of a subpoena to bring in a will shall be supported by an affidavit setting out the grounds of the application, and if any person served with the subpoena denies that the will is in his possession or control he may file an affidavit to that effect.

51. Grants of administration under discretionary powers of court, and grants ad colligenda bona
An application for an order for—
(a) a grant of administration under section 36 of the Ordinance; or (E.R. 1 of 2020)
(b) a grant of administration ad colligenda bona,
may be made to the Registrar, and shall be supported by an affidavit setting out the grounds of the application.

52. Applications for leave to swear to death
An application for leave to swear to the death of a person in whose estate a grant is sought may be made to the Registrar and shall be supported by an affidavit setting out the grounds of the application and containing particulars of any policies of insurance effected on the life of the presumed deceased.

### Non-Contentious Probate Rules 《無爭議遺囑認證規則》

53. Grants in respect of nuncupative wills and of copies of wills
An application for an order admitting to proof a nuncupative will, or a will which it is claimed is valid according to the provisions contained in the Wills Ordinance (Cap. 30) or a will contained in a copy, a completed draft, a reconstruction or other evidence of its contents where the original will is not available, may be made to the Registrar:
Provided that where a will is not available owing to its being retained in the custody of a court of justice outside Hong Kong or of an official of a government other than the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, a duly authenticated copy of the will may be admitted to proof without any such order as aforesaid.(23 of 1998 s. 2; E.R. 1 of 2020)

54. Grants durante absentia
An application for an order for a grant of special administration under section 37 of the Ordinance where a personal representative is residing outside Hong Kong shall be made to the court on motion.

58. Issue of copies of original wills and other documents
(1) Where copies are required of original wills or other documents deposited under section 74 of the Ordinance, such copies may be photographic copies sealed with the seal of the court.
(2) Copies not being photographic copies, of original wills or other documents deposited under the said section shall be examined against the documents of which they purport to be copies only if so required by the person demanding the copy, and in such case the copy shall be certified under the hand of the Registrar and may in addition be sealed with the seal of the court.

59. Taxation of costs
(1) Every bill of costs (other than a bill delivered by a solicitor to his client which falls to be taxed under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap. 159)) shall be referred to the Registrar for taxation and shall be taxed in accordance with the provisions contained in Order 62 of the Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4 sub. leg. A). (25 of 1998 s. 2)
(2) The fees payable on taxation shall be paid by the party on whose application the bill is taxed and shall be allowed as part of the bill.

60. Power to require application to be made by summons or motion
The Registrar may require any application made to him to be brought before him by summons, and may require any application made to him, whether by summons or otherwise, to be brought before a judge by summons or before the court on motion.

### Non-Contentious Probate Rules 《無爭議遺囑認證規則》

60A. Time limit for claims
An executor or administrator may apply to the Registrar by ex parte summons for an order limiting the time for creditors or other persons to make claims against the estate of the testator or intestate and the Registrar shall make such order as he thinks fit specifying what notices are to be given of the making of such order and the time thereby limited and make such order thereon as he thinks proper.

62. Appeals from Registrar
(1) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Registrar may appeal by summons to a judge.
(2) If any person besides the appellant appeared or was represented before the Registrar from whose decision or requirement the appeal is brought, the summons shall be issued within 7 days thereof for hearing on the first available day and shall be served on every such person as aforesaid.

63. Service of notice of motion and summons
(1) A judge or the Registrar may direct that a notice of motion or summons for the service of which no other provision is made by these rules shall be served on such person or persons as the judge or the Registrar may direct.
(2) Where by these rules or by any direction given under the last foregoing paragraph a notice of motion or summons is required to be served on any person, it shall be served—
(a) in the case of a notice of motion, not less than 5 clear days before the day named in the notice for hearing of the motion;
(b) in the case of a summons, not less than 2 clear days before the day appointed for the hearing, unless a judge or the Registrar at or before the hearing, dispenses with service on such terms, if any, as he may think fit.

64. Notices etc.
Unless the Registrar otherwise directs, or these rules otherwise provide, any notice or other document required to be given to or served on any person may be given or served by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, that person’s address for service or, if he has no address for service, his last known address.

65. Affidavits
(1) Every affidavit used in non-contentious probate business shall be in the form required by the Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4 sub. leg. A) in the case of affidavits to which those rules apply.
(2) Notwithstanding Order 41 rule 11 of the Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4 sub. leg. A), a copy of a document to be used in conjunction with an affidavit need not, unless the Registrar otherwise directs, be exhibited to the affidavit if the original document is already filed in the Registry. (L.N. 266 of 1983)
(25 of 1998 s. 2;E.R. 1 of 2020)

### Non-Contentious Probate Rules 《無爭議遺囑認證規則》

66. Time
The provisions of Order 3 and Order 65 rule 7 of the Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4 sub. leg. A) shall apply to the computation, enlargement, and abridgement of time under these rules except that nothing in Order 3 shall prevent time from running in the Long Vacation.
(L.N. 266 of 1983; 25 of 1998 s. 2; E.R. 1 of 2020)

67. Application to pending proceedings
Subject in any particular case to any direction given by a judge or the Registrar, these rules shall apply to any proceeding which is pending on the date on which they come into operation as well as to any proceeding commenced on or after that date.

### Judgments (Facilities for Enforcement) (Singapore) Order 《判決(強制執行措施)(新加坡)令》

1. Citation
This Order may be cited as the Judgments (Facilities for Enforcement) (Singapore) Order.

2. Extension of Ordinance to Singapore
The Ordinance shall extend to judgments obtained in superior courts in Singapore.