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LS 108

Probate, Administration of Estates and Trusts

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This is an English-language MCQ study adaptation, not an official translation or official-format simulation. It cannot replace petition drafting, estate research, oral work or field practice. The reviewed sources did not confirm permitted official assessment languages or current topic percentages. Topic groupings are editorial and are not an official weighted blueprint.

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1Which Act principally addresses grants of probate, letters of administration and personal representatives' duties in Mainland Tanzania?
A.The Law of Marriage Act
B.The Trustees' Incorporation Act
C.The Land Registration Act
D.The Probate and Administration of Estates Act
Explanation: The Probate and Administration of Estates Act provides the principal framework for these grants and administrative duties. Other legislation can affect particular assets, succession rules or the applicable court procedure.
2Which court has the Act's general jurisdiction over probate and administration, including granting and revoking probate and letters of administration?
A.The District Land and Housing Tribunal
B.The High Court
C.The Fair Competition Tribunal
D.The village land council
Explanation: The Act confers general probate and administration jurisdiction on the High Court. This does not eliminate the distinct statutory functions of district delegates, district courts or primary courts.
3Why should an estate adviser distinguish entitlement to inherit from entitlement to administer?
A.Only administrators can ever be beneficiaries
B.A family nomination necessarily transfers ownership of all assets
C.Distribution rules identify beneficial entitlement, while a grant concerns authority to represent and administer the estate
D.Obtaining a grant automatically makes the grantee sole beneficial owner
Explanation: Administration and beneficial succession answer different legal questions. A representative collects assets and pays liabilities for lawful distribution rather than taking the estate as personal property.
4An application before a District Delegate becomes contentious. Is it safe to assume that every such case must automatically leave that Delegate regardless of the Act's conditions?
A.No; examine the Delegate's statutory jurisdiction, the estate circumstances and any High Court authorization or transfer directions
B.Yes; a caveat always extinguishes the Delegate's appointment
C.Yes; every dispute must instead be decided by a village council
D.No; a Delegate has unrestricted contentious jurisdiction everywhere
Explanation: The Act distinguishes non-contentious and contentious jurisdiction and provides for High Court directions in specified circumstances. Neither automatic exclusion nor unlimited jurisdiction accurately describes that framework.
5Trustees of a qualifying charitable association seek incorporation under the Trustees' Incorporation Act. Which statutory office handles the relevant application?
A.The Registrar of Titles acting on a land transfer
B.The Registrar of Companies acting on a share allotment
C.The probate caveator
D.The Administrator-General under the trustees' incorporation framework
Explanation: The Trustees' Incorporation Act provides an application and certification process administered by the Administrator-General. This is distinct from incorporating a share company or registering a land disposition.
6Before any rightful representative exists, a relative takes estate goods for personal use. Which issue arises under the Act's executor-of-own-wrong provisions?
A.The relative necessarily becomes the lawful executor
B.Unauthorized intermeddling can create accountability without conferring a lawful appointment
C.Possession alone makes the relative the sole heir
D.Every act preserving estate goods is also wrongful intermeddling
Explanation: Unauthorized appropriation can engage liability as an executor of one's own wrong. The Act separately protects specified acts such as preservation and provision for immediate necessities, so those should not be indiscriminately treated as wrongdoing.
7An adviser claims that the Probate and Administration of Estates Act categorically has no relevance whenever customary law affects an estate. What is the best correction?
A.Customary rules automatically displace every court procedure
B.All estates must use an identical procedure regardless of legislation
C.Read the Act's application provision with its specified exceptions and Part IX, and identify the applicable administration regime
D.A family's description of the estate alone determines the court's powers
Explanation: The Act states its application subject to specified provisions, including Part IX on customary-law estates. The correct route requires that statutory analysis rather than a blanket exclusion attributed to the definitions section.
8A grant has been issued by a probate court in another Commonwealth jurisdiction and local recognition is sought. Which Tanzanian procedure should the adviser investigate?
A.High Court resealing under the Act, subject to its conditions
B.Automatic recognition without any local procedure
C.A fresh company incorporation
D.A private declaration by the beneficiaries that no court process is required
Explanation: The Act gives the High Court a resealing jurisdiction for relevant Commonwealth grants. The foreign document and applicable conditions must be checked; a foreign grant does not acquire local effect merely because beneficiaries agree.
9Who may receive probate of a will under the Act?
A.Any creditor who first locates an asset
B.Every beneficiary automatically
C.Any person nominated informally after death
D.An executor appointed by the will, expressly or by necessary implication
Explanation: Probate is granted to an executor whose appointment derives from the will. Where a will exists but no executor can act, administration with the will annexed is a distinct possible route.
10A will does not use the word 'executor' but directs a named person to collect assets, pay liabilities and administer its dispositions. What should the adviser examine?
A.Whether omission of that word necessarily invalidates the entire will
B.Whether the terms appoint an executor by necessary implication
C.Whether the named person automatically becomes sole beneficiary
D.Whether the directions must be ignored as non-operative
Explanation: The Act recognizes appointment by necessary implication as well as express appointment. The substance of the testamentary directions must therefore be interpreted rather than treating one missing label as decisive.

About the Tanzania PLT Probate Exam

Independent practice by OpenExamPrep for Probate, Administration of Estates and Trusts (LS 108) in LST's Practical Legal Training programme. Study grant procedures, representative duties, estate accounts, contentious proceedings and incorporated trustees in Mainland Tanzania.

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Assessment

LS 108 is a core PLT module. ICA includes classwork, assignments, mock trial, portfolio and attendance; written ICA, where used, lasts at most two hours. First-semester WPA involves five hours of research and answers with authorized materials. Core end-of-course assessment has a written examination of up to three hours and a programme oral of up to twenty minutes. Field placement, its records and assessments are compulsory programme requirements.

Time Limit

WPA 5 hours; core final written up to 3 hours; programme oral up to 20 minutes

Passing Score

50% for each applicable assessment component

Exam / Certification Fees

Published 2024 programme examination fee: TZS 100,000 Tanzanian / TZS 150,000 non-Tanzanian. Tuition: TZS 2,400,000 / TZS 4,800,000 respectively, plus other fees. Confirm current cohort and resit charges with LST.

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Legal Framework and Court Jurisdiction in Probate

Administration regimes, jurisdiction, intermeddling, trustees and resealing.

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Testate Succession and Grants of Probate

Executor appointment, renunciation, petitions, wills and codicils.

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Intestate Succession and Estate Administration

Appointment, bonds, inventory and continuing accounts, debts and assent.

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Contentious Probate, Caveats and Trusts

Caveat procedure, revocation, interim protection and trustee accountability.

Preparing for the Tanzania PLT Probate Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: 50% for each applicable assessment component
  • Assessment: LS 108 is a core PLT module. ICA includes classwork, assignments, mock trial, portfolio and attendance; written ICA, where used, lasts at most two hours. First-semester WPA involves five hours of research and answers with authorized materials. Core end-of-course assessment has a written examination of up to three hours and a programme oral of up to twenty minutes. Field placement, its records and assessments are compulsory programme requirements.
  • Time limit: WPA 5 hours; core final written up to 3 hours; programme oral up to 20 minutes
  • Exam / certification fees: Published 2024 programme examination fee: TZS 100,000 Tanzanian / TZS 150,000 non-Tanzanian. Tuition: TZS 2,400,000 / TZS 4,800,000 respectively, plus other fees. Confirm current cohort and resit charges with LST. Official sources

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Tanzania PLT Probate: Suggested Study Strategy

1Identify the applicable administration regime and court before choosing a petition.
2Distinguish the inventory, periodic accounts and completed distribution.
3Practise drafting petitions and explaining the basis for each requested order.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do MCQs replace the official practical assessment?

No. These independent English questions support knowledge and procedural decisions. LST also requires written, continuous, oral and field work within the PLT programme.

Which official assessment languages are allowed?

Permitted delivery and response languages were not established by the official sources reviewed. Obtain the current paper instructions from LST. This bank uses English.

Does this bank determine every heir's share?

No. Entitlement under the applicable succession regime must be established separately from representative appointment and administration. The questions concentrate on verified procedures and duties rather than unverified universal inheritance fractions.