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Section 231: Jurisdiction to grant probate and letters of administration

Succession Act · Uganda

Provision: Section 231 Consolidation: 2023-12-31 Currency check: 2026-08-04 2000 Revised Edition: Cap. 162 2023 Revised Edition: Cap. 268

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Section 231 of Uganda’s Succession Act is the governing provision headed “Jurisdiction to grant probate and letters of administration”. This page reproduces the available consolidated text dated 2023-12-31. Read the official text below for every qualification and exception. The judgments listed here are verified as citing the section; Wakilii does not infer their treatment. Displayed consolidation dated 2023-12-31; matched to ULII's latest reliably enumerated expression on 2026-08-04. Read the exact consolidated text or go to verified citing cases.

Last reviewed 2026-08-17.

Verified Current. Displayed consolidation dated 2023-12-31; matched to ULII's latest reliably enumerated expression on 2026-08-04. This is not a claim about commencement or current legal force.

Official statutory text

Section 231 — Jurisdiction to grant probate and letters of administration

Jurisdiction to grant probate and letters of administration under this Act shall be exercised by the High Court and a magistrate's court in accordance with the Administration of Estates (Small Estates) (Special Provisions) Act

Public-domain Ugandan legislation reproduced from a consolidation sourced through ULII and Laws.Africa. Displayed expression: 2023-12-31. View this provision in the full Act.

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