PART I PRELIMINARY

1.-(1) These Rules of Court may be cited as the Wills and Succession (Declaration of Death and Legitimation) Rules.

(2) The Interpretation Law shall apply to the interpretation of these rules as it applies to the interpretation of a Law.

(3) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:-

“Civil Procedure Rules” means the Rules of Court 1938 to (No. 4) 1938, as amended by any subsequent rules;

“the Law” means the Wills and Succession Law;

“Office Copy” means a sealed copy or translation of any document lodged, filed or kept in, or issued out of a court registry, certified to be a true copy or translation by the Registrar of that registry;

“Registrar” means the registrar of the court and includes a Senior Registrar and an Assistant Registrar attached to such court.

2. The forms in the Appendix to these Rules shall, where applicable, be used with such variations as may be necessary to suit the case, and where not applicable, forms of the like character may be used.