Section 33
Procedure when succession to Government ward's property is disputed.
The Central Provinces Court of Wards Act, 1899
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Court of Wards in the Central Provinces.
Whenever, on the
death of any Government ward, the succession to his property or any part thereof is disputed, the Court of
Wards may, with the previous sanction of the Local Government, either direct that the property or the part
thereof be made over to any person claiming the property, or retain the superintendence of the property
until one of the claimants has established his claim to the same in a competent Civil Court, or institute a
suit of interpleader against all the claimants.