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Administration of Estates Act, 1965 (Act No. 66 of 1965)

Chapter II: Deceased Estates

13. Deceased estates not to be liquidated or distributed without letters of executorship or direction by Master

 

1) No person shall liquidate or distribute the estate of any deceased person, except under letters of executorship granted or signed and sealed under this Act, or under an endorsement made under section fifteen, or in pursuance of a direction by a Master.

 

2) No letters of executorship shall be granted or signed and sealed and no endorsement under section fifteen shall be made to or at the instance or in favour of any person who is by any law prohibited from liquidating or distributing the estate of any deceased person.

 

3) The provisions of sub-section (2) shall not apply to any person nominated as executor by the will of a person who dies before the first day of July, 1966.

 

 


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