The Short Title of this Act is “The Intercolonial Probate Act, 1879.”

In the construction and for the purposes of this Act, and of all proceedings thereunder, the following terms shall have the respective meanings hereafter assigned to them, except where there is something in the context repugnant to such construction, that is to say,—

When any probate or letters of administration heretofore or hereafter to be granted by the Supreme Court of any of the other Australasian Colonies shall be produced to and a copy thereof deposited with the Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, such probate or letters of administration shall be Sealed with the seal of the last-mentioned Court, and shall hare the like force and effect and have the same operation in New Zealand, and every executor and administrator thereunder shall perform the same duties and be subject to the same liabilities as if such probate or letters of administration had been originally granted by the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

The seal of the Supreme Court of New Zealand shall not be affixed to any probate or letters of administration granted in any of the other Australasian Colonies, so as to give operation thereto as if the grant had been made by the Supreme Court of New Zealand, until all such probate, stamp, succession, and other duties and fees have been paid as would have been payable if such probate or letters of administration had been originally granted by the Supreme Court of New Zealand; and, further, such letters of administration shall not be so sealed until such bond has been entered into as would have been required if such letters had been originally granted by the said Supreme Court.