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Non-contentious probate rules r.29 and r.5(1)
  • 18 Oct 2016

    RE JAP KHIE KHIAUW

    Citation
    RE JAP KHIE KHIAUW
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCAG7332/2010

    The court refused to waive requisitions 6, 7 and 8 because the materials supplied did not identify or produce the relevant Indonesian statutory provisions or certified translations to support the asserted foreign law propositions; absent that evidence the court could not determine whether persons under rule 29(b) NCPR exist and whether the applicant is among them, and therefore directed the applicant to answer requisitions 6, 7 and 8 to the court's satisfaction before any grant may issue, while permitting a letter from an Indonesian law expert in place of a formal affirmation of a foreign law…