Section 8: Administrator-General, entitled to letters of administration in preference to creditors, certain legatees or friends.

The Administrators-General Act, 1963Central Act · Act 45 of 1963

The Administrator-General of the State shall be deemed by all the courts in the State to have a right to letters of administration other than letters pendente lite in preference to that of--

(a) a creditor; or

(b) a legatee, other than a universal legatee or a residuary legatee or the representative of a residuary legatee; or

Where this provision sits

Act	The Administrators-General Act, 1963
Section	8
Marginal note	Administrator-General, entitled to letters of administration in preference to creditors, certain legatees or friends.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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