PROBATES.
No. 2 of 1897.
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may, if he thinks fit, receive and take possession of the same until administration is granted in respect thereof,
administra-tion of
intestates'
estates not
19. Where the whole of such estate does not, in the opinion Summary of the Official Administrator, exceed in value the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, it shall be lawful for him, if he thinks fit, without any legal formality, to get in and administer the same in a summary manner, for the benefit of the persons he may deem interested therein, without a grant or other legal formality.
20.-(1) On application made by the Official Administrator, the court shall, unless it sees good reason to the contrary, grant to him administration in any of the following cases:-
exceeding
$250.
*
[cf. No. 5 of 1929, s. 4.]
Cases in Official Ad-
which
ministrator is entitled
tration.
(a) where a person dying intestate, whether in this Colony or elsewhere, has left property situate in the Colony and no next of kin of such person are resident in the Colony;
(b) where a person dying intestate, whether in this Colony or elsewhere, has left property situate in the Colony and the next of kin of such person who are resident in the Colony file in the Registry of the court a request for or consent to the making of such grant, in writing signed by them;
(c) where a person dying intestate, whether in this Colony or elsewhere, has left property situate in the Colony and no person has, within twelve months after the death of such person, obtained administration of his estate; and
(d) where a person dying intestate, whether in this Colony or elsewhere, has left property situate in the Colony and the next of kin of such person who are resident in the Colony are infants under the age of twenty-one years.
(2) The provisions of this section shall apply, with the necessary modifications, in the case of a person who dies testate, whether in this Colony or elsewhere, but without appointing an executor, or whose executor, if appointed, refuses, neglects, or is unable to act.
21. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to enable Saving as or require the Official Administrator to obtain administration
*
As amended by No. 14 of 1933 [23.6.33]. As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937.
to estates
of certain
persons.