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Affidavit to be made before granting probate, &c. that the estate and effects of the deceased are under the value of a specified sum,
and duty to be ascertained according to such sum.
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117. From and alter the commencement or this Act, no ecclesiastical court or jurisdiction in Ireland shall grant probate of the will or letters of administration of the estate and effects of any person deceased, without first requiring and receiving from the person or persons applying for the probate or letters of administration, or from some other competent person or persons, an affidavit or solemn affirmation in the case of Quakers, that the estate and effects of the deceased, for or in respect of which the probate or letters of administration is or are to be granted, are under the value of a certain sum to be specified in such affidavit, to the best of the deponent's or affirmant's knowledge, information, and belief, and according to the account to be annexed to such affidavit, according to which sum the stamp duty shall be ascertained which shall be then required on such probate or letters of administration, which affidavit or affirmation shall be made before the surrogate or other person who shall administer the usual oath for the due administration of the estate and effects of the deceased.
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