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Probate and Administration.
[1971 Ed.
# Keeping of books of account.
Copies of documents and accounts.
Redress against Official Administrator.
Effect of grant to Official Administrator.
Proof 1972 Payment into Government account of unclaimed balance of intestate's estate.
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.
20. (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.
21. (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 property which he receives or of which he takes possession under this Ordinance, on payment of the prescribed fees.
(2) If any such copy is refused, the applicant may petition the court in a summary way for an order on the Official Administrator to give such copy; and the costs of any such petition and order shall be paid by the Official Administrator, if the court so directs.
22. No action shall be brought against the Official Administrator for anything done bona fide by him in the execution or the intended execution of any power vested in him by this Ordinance or for anything done by him in the exercise of his office as administrator under any grant of letters of administration made to him under this Ordinance, but any person who feels aggrieved thereby may apply for redress to the court by summary petition, verified upon oath, and the court may thereupon take such evidence and may make such order in relation to the matter as it thinks fit.
23. A grant of administration to the Official Administrator, whether the name of the officer holding the appointment at the time of the grant is or is not mentioned therein, shall be deemed to have been made to him and his successors in office.
23A. (1) If the Official Administrator has been granted administration of an estate under section 16 and a balance of such estate remains unclaimed in his hands, he shall pay that balance into the Treasury or into the account of the Government at such bank as the Accountant General may direct.