Introduction and Overview Part 3 – Miscellaneous and General
13.Part 3 of the Act contains miscellaneous and general provisions. It provides for the subscription and signing of documents by bodies of trustees (section 79) and requires a sheriff to refuse a petition for the appointment of a person as executor dative where they are satisfied that the person has been convicted of, or is being prosecuted for, the murder or culpable homicide of the deceased (section 80). This Part also contains provisions usually found at the end of an Act, namely the main interpretation provisions for the Act, the power to make ancillary provision by way of regulations, and the sections dealing with repeal, commencement and short title.