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22 of 1950, Schedule.
Vesting of estate of deceased person in Official Administrator.
Summary administration of intestates' estates not exceeding $2,500.
9 of 1950, Schedule.
Cases in which Official Administrator is entitled to administration.
Probate and Administration.
shall produce, and, if required, shall deliver, the same to the Official Administrator within fourteen days after the death of the testator, or from the time when he has had notice thereof, or from the time of the finding of the will, as the case may be.
(2) Any person who refuses or neglects to comply with the requirements of this section shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars.
18. Where any person dies, whether in the Colony or elsewhere, leaving estate in the Colony in respect of which he dies intestate, such estate shall vest in the Official Administrator who may, if he thinks fit, receive and take possession of the same until administration is granted in respect thereof.
19. Where the whole of such estate does not, in the opinion of the Official Administrator, exceed in value the sum of two thousand five hundred 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-
(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
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