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(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.
persons.
21. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to enable or require the Official Administrator to obtain administration of the estate of any person dying in the naval, military, or air services of His Majesty and subject to the Articles of War, or of any deceased seaman or apprentice for the administration of whose estate provision is made by any Act of Parliament, or of any person for the administration of whose estate special provision is otherwise made in Part V.
22. Any grant made to the Official Administrator under this Ordinance may be limited in respect of time or in any other respect as 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 five per cent on the first one thousand dollars, two and one half per cent on the next four thousand dollars and one per cent on the balance, or such lower rate or rates as the court may approve on the application of the Official Administrator in the case of any particular estate, shall be chargeable on the gross value of all property of whatsoever nature received or taken possession of, or realized or otherwise dealt with, by the Official Administrator under this Ordinance.
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