Translation of "possession par voie testamentaire " (French → English) :

heir by devise

(a) where, in a Will of a veteran, an executor has been named and such nominee has been appointed executor by a court of competent jurisdiction, or where an administrator or an administrator with Will annexed has been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, or where the executor named in an unprobated Will has proved to the satisfaction of the Estates Officer that such Will is the last Will of the deceased and that he has assumed the executorship or become an executor de son tort or is willing to accept the executorship of such Will, the Estates Officer may cause to be delivered over to such executor or administrator, for distribution, the net assets of the service estate in his possession ...[+++];

(a) where an executor or an administrator has been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Director of Estates may cause to be delivered over to such executor or administrator for distribution, the net assets of the said service estate in his possession;

19. Where an interest in expectancy falls into possession, and the duty thereon has not been paid, the executor, administrator or trustee, or the person who benefits by such interest in expectancy, shall furnish to a Director-Taxation on Form S.D. 1 where the deceased died domiciled within Canada, or to the Administrator of Succession Duties on Form S.D. 1 NR where the deceased died domiciled outside of Canada, a statement in detail showing particulars of the property in respect of which such interest in expectancy exists, and the value thereof at the time of falling into pos ...[+++]session.

Mr. Murray Smith: I don't have the code in front of me to quote the section, but there is provision in the existing code and in the code as it would be amended by Bill C-68, to protect executors of estates or anyone who comes into possession of a firearm by operational law in order to dispose of it.