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Judgments      NEW CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES September 16th 2002

NEW CIVIL PROCEDURE FORMS

 


 

Administrator General's Act

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1. Short title.

2. Interpretation.

Appointment of Officers

3. Administrator-General.

4. Restrictions on Administrator-General.

5. Deputy Administrator-General.

6. Functions, powers and duties of Deputy Administrator-General.

7. As to office.

8. Administrator-General an officer of the Supreme Court.

9. Duties as to keeping accounts.

10. Special statements.

11. Keeping of funds.

Administration

12. When Administrator-General entitled to administration.

13. Time for application.

14. Costs on revocation of administration.

15. Administration proceedings by him, same as in other cases.

16. Vesting of property.

17. Appointing Administrator-General executor of will.

18. No administration bond or oath of office required from him.

19. Duty to return inventories and administer estate vested in him.

20. Letters of administration. etc., granted to him by Supreme Court

21. Rights, duties, powers and liabilities of Administrator-General.

22. Duty of Collectors to report deaths.

23. Jurisdiction of Court before or pending proceedings for adminiistration

of a lunatic.

26. Prohibition against acting with others.

27. When not bound to act as guardian or committee.

28. Not to be appointed guardian or committee ad litem. etc.

29. To be appointed receiver.

30. Rights, duties, powers and liabilities as trustee. guardian, committee or receiver.

31. Consent of Administrator-General in optional cases.

32. Duties in all other cases.

Legal Proceedings

33. How he is to sue and be sued.

34. How process served on him.

35. Judgments, etc., in proceedings by or against him.

36. Execution against him.

37. Power to submit to the Supreme Court questions of doubt.

38. Suing or defending in jorma pauperis.

39. Power to apply for the opinion and direction of the Court.

40. Relief from personal responsibility.

41. Power to apply to Court against him.

42. Winding up estates vested in him.

43. Power of Court in making orders.

44. Power of Court to make general orders under this Act.

45. Change of Administrator-Genera1 and vesting of estates, and      continuing of proceedings thereon.

46. Administering by the Court of estates, etc., vested in him.

47. Powers of Judge in Chambers.

48. Remuneration of Administrator-General by comniission.

49. All remuneration other than salary to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

50. Remuneration as receiver or co-trustee. co-guardian, or co-committee.

51. Government to provisde offoce, clerks and expenses of performing duties of office.

52. Reimbursement of expenses

53. Administration of assets of deceased in the hands of the Government.

54. Power to employ Clerk of Resident Magistrates Court and other agents.

55. Conveyances, etc., to which Administrator-General a party

56. Books prima facie evidence

57. Authenticated copies of entries therein evidence.

58. Proof of signature of Administrator-General.

59. When books producible in evidence.

SCHEDULE

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