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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Administrators-general Act, 1963 Section 20

Effect of Probate or Letters Granted to Administrator-general

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Administrators-general Act, 1963 Section 20 is part of Administrators-general Act, 1963 - Effect of Probate or Letters Granted to Administrator-general. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Probate or letters of administration granted by the High Court to the Administrator-General of any State shall have effect over all the assets of the deceased throughout India and shall be conclusive as to the representative title against all debtors of the deceased and all persons holding such assets, and shall afford full indemnity to all debtors paying their debts and all persons delivering up such assets to such Administrator-General.

(2) Whenever a grant of probate or letters of administration is made by a High Court to the Administrator-General, the High Court shall send to the High Courts for the other States a certificate that such grant has been made, and such certificate shall be filed by the High Court receiving the same.

(3) Any probate or letters of administration granted by the High Court for the State of Jammu and Kashmir before the commencement of the Central Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 1968 shall, after such commencement, be as effective as if such probate or letters of administration had been granted under this section.

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What does Administrators-general Act, 1963 Section 20 provide?

Section Section 20 of the Administrators-general Act, 1963 (Effect of Probate or Letters Granted to Administrator-general) is reproduced on this page as part of the Administrators-general Act, 1963. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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