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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Administrators-general Act, 1963 Section 56

Provision for Administration by Consular Officer in Case of Death in Certain Circumstances of Foreign Subject

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Administrators-general Act, 1963 Section 56 is part of Administrators-general Act, 1963 - Provision for Administration by Consular Officer in Case of Death in Certain Circumstances of Foreign Subject. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Notwithstanding anything in this Act, or in any other law for the time being in force, the Central Government may, by general or special order, direct that, where a subject of a foreign State dies in India, and it appears that there is no one in India, other than the Administrator-General, entitled to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for letters of administration of the estate of the deceased, letters of administration shall, on the application to such court by any Consular Officer of such foreign State, be granted to such Consular Officer on such terms and conditions as the Court may, subject to any rules made in this behalf by the Central Government, thinks fit to impose.

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What does Administrators-general Act, 1963 Section 56 provide?

Section Section 56 of the Administrators-general Act, 1963 (Provision for Administration by Consular Officer in Case of Death in Certain Circumstances of Foreign Subject) 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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