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Section 291: Administration-bond

The Indian Succession Act, 1925Central Act · Act 39 of 1925

(1) Every person to whom any grant of letters of administration, other than a grant under section 241, is committed, shall give a bond to the District Judge with one or more surety or sureties, engaging for the due collection, getting in, and administering the estate of the deceased, which bond shall be in such form as the Judge may, by general or special order, direct.

(2) When the deceased was a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina or an exempted person--

(a) the exception made by sub-section (1) in respect of a grant under section 241 shall not operate.

(b) the District Judge may demand a like bond from any person to whom probate is granted.

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ActThe Indian Succession Act, 1925
Section291
Marginal noteAdministration-bond
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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