PROBATES.
No. 2 of 1897.
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22. Any grant made to the Official Administrator under this Ordinance may be limited in respect of time or in any other respect as to the Court may seem fit.
23. Subject to the special direction of the Court to the contrary in any particular case, the Official Administrator shall bring the administration of every estate of which he has obtained administration to a close within the period fixed by law for that purpose in the case of an ordinary administrator.
24. A commission at the rate of 5 per cent. shall be chargeable on all moneys received or taken possession of, or realized or otherwise dealt with, by the Official Administrator under this Ordinance.
25. The provisions of the Unclaimed Balances Ordinance, 1885, in relation to unclaimed balances of the estates of persons dying intestate, shall mutatis mutandis apply to moneys received or taken possession of by the Official Administrator under section 14 or section 19 of this Ordinance: Provided that the periods mentioned in the said provisions shall in respect of such moneys be computed from the dates on which they were respectively received or taken possession of.
26.(1) The Official Administrator shall keep a general register of all estates under his administration, a cash book, and a ledger or account current book, and such other books as he may find necessary or may be prescribed.
(2) He shall enter in books, to be kept by him for that purpose, separate and distinct accounts of each estate and of all property of every description which may come to his hands, and also of all payments made by him on account of each estate, specifying the dates of such receipts and payments respectively.
(3) Each book shall be kept in the Registry, and shall be open during office hours for the inspection of any person who has occasion to inspect the same, on payment of the prescribed fee.
27. (1) The Official Administrator shall give to any person who applies for the same copies of all documents and accounts in his possession relating to any estate under his administration or to any ...
*As amended by No. 1 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912.
As amended by No. 1 of 1912, No. 2 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.
As amended by No. 1 of 1912.