Act Number: 45

Act Name: The Administrators-General Act, 1963

Year: 1963

Enactment Date: 1963-12-11

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the office and duties of Administrators-General.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 30: Grant of certificate to creditors and power to take charge of certain estates
    (1) If, in cases falling within section 29, no person claiming to be interested otherwise than as a creditor in such assets or in the due administration thereof obtains, within three months of the death of the deceased, a certificate from the Administrator-General under that section, or probate of a will or letters of administration of the estate of the deceased, the Administrator-General may administer the estate without letters of administration, in the same manner as if such letters had been granted to him.
     (2) If the Administrator-General neglects or refuses to administer such estate, he shall, upon the application of a creditor, grant a certificate to him in the same manner as if he were interested in such assets otherwise than as a creditor; and such certificate shall have the same effect as a certificate granted under the provisions of section 29, and shall be subject to all the provisions of this Act which are applicable to such certificate.
     (3) The Administrator-General may, if he thinks fit, before granting a certificate under sub-section (2), require the creditor to give reasonable security for the due administration of the estate of the deceased.
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