Section 9
Disposal of effects, not money.
The Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act, 1950
About this Act
An Act to provide for the disposal of the private property of persons subject to the Army Act, 1950 or the Air Force Act, 1950 , who die or desert or are ascertained to be of unsound mind or while on active service are officially reported to be missing.
Where any part of the estate of a deceased person consists of
effects, securities or other property not converted into money, the provisions of sub-section (7) of section
3, clause (ii) of section 4 and section 8, with respect to the payment of the surplus, shall, save as may be
prescribed, extend to the delivery, transmission or transfer of such effects, securities or property, and the
prescribed person shall have the same power of converting the same into money as a representative of the
deceased.