(1) An application for a grant de bonis non administratus is made following a grant of letters of administration to the person entitled to that grant but who for some reason fail to complete the administration of the estate in respect of which the grant was made.
(2) Subject to subrule (4), a person who seeks a grant de bonis non administratus shall file at the registry the documents for a grant of letters of administration under rule 9 or rule 13, including —
(a) the original grant or if the original grant is not available, a filed copy of the grant;
(b) a filed copy of the original will marked by the second grantee and the person before whom the oath is sworn; and
(c) a declaration and account of the estate limited to a description and value of the property to be administered by the second grantee in accordance with Form P6, and in the case of the Territory of the Virgin Islands Form P6A.
(3) The oath shall include the following recitals —
(a) if the deceased died testate, the appointment of the executor, if any, and the producing and marking of an official copy of the testator's will by the second grantee and authorised person, and the belief of the second grantee that it is a true copy of the original will of the deceased testator;
(b) a description of the applicant and his or her entitlement to the grant;
(c) if there are other persons with a prior right to the grant, including an executor by representation, the appropriate clearing off;
(d) where there are assets left to be administered that the original grantee failed to complete the administration of the estate;
(e) the reason for the failure of the original grantee to complete the administration of the estate;
(f) where there is no estate left to be administered but a grant is nevertheless required for the purposes of constituting a personal representative, the reason for the application;
(g) that the second grantee will collect, get in and administer, according to law, the unadministered real and personal estate of the deceased;
(h) the gross value of the unadministered estate to be covered by the grant; and
(4) Where an application is made for a grant de bonis non administratus —
(a) if the deceased died testate, an affidavit of due execution is not required to be filed with the application; and
(b) the death certificate of the deceased in respect of whose estate the application is made is not required to be filed.