(3) Every guarantee entered into by a surety for the purposes of this Order shall be in Form 187 in the Appendix
to these Rules.
(4) Except where the surety is a corporation, the signature of the surety on every such guarantee shall be attested
by an authorised officer, commissioner for oaths or other person authorised by law to administer an oath.
(5) Unless the Registrar otherwise directs(a) if it is decided to require a guarantee, it shall be given by two sureties, except where the gross value of the
estate does not exceed one thousand naira or a corporation is a proposed surety and in those cases one will
suffice;
(b) no person shall be accepted as a surety unless he is resident in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja;
(c) no officer of the judiciary shall become a surety;
(d) the limit of the liability of the surety or sureties under a guarantee shall be the gross amount of the estate as
sworn on the application for the grant;
(e) every surety, other than a corporation, shall justify.
(6) Where the proposed surety is a corporation, there shall be filed an affidavit by the proper officer of the
corporation to the effect that it has power to act as surety and has executed the guarantee in the manner
prescribed by its constitution and containing sufficient information as to the financial position of the corporation
to satisfy the Registrar that its assets are sufficient to satisfy all claims which may be made against it under any
guarantee which it has given or is likely to give.
55. (1) An application for the resealing of probate or administration with the will attached granted by the Court
of a place not within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, shall be made by the person to whom the grant was
made or by any person authorised in writing to apply on his behalf.
(2) On any such application(a) an Inland Revenue affidavit shall be lodged as if the application were one for a grant in the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja;
(b) the application shall be advertised in such manner as the Registrar may direct and shall be supported by an
oath sworn by the person making the application.
(3) On an application for the resealing of such a grant(a) the Registrar shall not require sureties except where it appears to him that the grant is made to a person or for
a purpose mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) to (f) of rule 54(1) of the Order, or except where he considers that
there are special circumstances making it desirable to require sureties;
(b) rules 8(4) and 54(2), (4), (5) and (6) of the Order, shall apply with any necessary modifications; and
Form 188.
(c) a guarantee entered into by a surety shall be in Form 188 in the Appendix to these Rules.
(4) Except by leave of the registrar, no grant shall be resealed unless it was made to such a person as is
mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of rule 47 of this Order, or to a person to whom a grant could be made
under a proviso to that rule.
(5) No limited or temporary grant shall be resealed except by leave of the registrar.
(6) Every grant lodged for resealing shall include a copy of any will to which the grant relates or shall be
accompanied by a copy thereof certified as correct by or under the authority of the Court by which the grant was
made.