(1) Except in the case of a notarial will in Saint Lucia, an executor who applies for a grant of probate shall file at the registry —
(a) an application for a grant of probate in Form P1;
(b) a certificate of search confirming that —
(i) no other grant of probate has been issued,
(ii) no other application for a grant of probate has been made, and
(iii) no caveats have been filed;
(c) an oath in Form P3;
(d) the will marked in accordance with rule 18(1);
(e) a certified copy of the death certificate or in the absence of the death certificate, an affidavit together with the burial certificate or other relevant document to the satisfaction of the Court;
(f) an affidavit of due execution of the will in the form and manner prescribed by rule 17(1), or where the circumstances so require an affidavit in the form prescribed by rule 17(2) to (6), as the case may be;
(g) a declaration and account of the estate of the deceased in Form P6, and in the case of the Territory of the Virgin Islands, Form P6A;
(h) the appropriate affidavit under rule 22, if required; and
(i) a certificate from the Comptroller of Inland Revenue that the duty has been paid or a letter stating that satisfactory arrangements have been made for the payment of duty, where an enactment in a Member State requires payment of stamp duty, estate duty or succession duty.
(2) Where, on an application for a grant of probate, power to apply for a like grant is to be reserved to such other of the executors as have not renounced probate, the oath shall state that notice of the application has been given to the executor or executors to whom power is to be reserved.
(3) Where an application is made for a grant of probate by one or more, but not all executors named in a will, and power is not reserved to the other executors, the applicant must account for the absence of the other named executors by exhibiting in his or her oath —
(a) evidence of the death of the executor;
(b) a certified copy of renunciation made by that executor; or
(c) the citation to the executor, accompanied by the affidavit of service of the citation.