Section 12Part 0 —
Procedure as to grant of administration
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The Clerk of the Court shall, immediately after any application made to the Court for administration of the estate of any deceased person, cause notice thereof, with the several particulars which may from time to time be required by the rules, to be publicly posted in the Court House for three consecutive weeks; and no administration shall be granted by the Court until the expiration of twenty-one days from the day of the application for the grant, nor, unless the same is unopposed, shall administration be granted except upon the judgment of the Court: Provided that, and it is hereby declared that, unless the Court so orders, this section does not apply to an application to the Court for a grant of probate (as opposed to letters of administration) nor to an application for the sealing by the Court of a probate or letters of administration granted by a court outside the Islands.
The Court shall, in granting letters of administration, have regard to the rights and interests in the estate of the persons making application therefor and the rules shall provide guidance as to priorities.