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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 January 1967 - onwards
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12. Further assimilation of law respecting real and personal estates of deceased persons.

(1) All enactments (including this Act) and rules of law relating to -

(a) the effect of representation as respects personal estate,

(b) the dealing with personal estate before representation,

(c) the powers, rights, duties, and liabilities of personal representatives in respect of personal estate,

(d) the payment of costs of administration, and

(e) all other matters with respect to the administration of personal estate,

shall, so far as applicable, apply to real estate as if it were personal estate; and subsequent provisions of this section shall not prejudice the generality of this subsection.