Administrator General Act 1860, 26 of 1860, (Rep., Act 24 of 1867)

Section I. The Administrator General shall, when duly authorized or required - so Administrator General to do b

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

I. The Administrator General shall, when duly authorized or required - so Administrator General to do by the Militar y Secretary to Government, secure and distribute the estate in certain casestosecure and distribute the assets of the estate 'and effects of any and effectsOf Soldiers. Officer, Soldier, or other person subject to any Articles of War, in all cases in which such estate and effects do not exceed on the whole five hundred Rupees, charging the estate with a commission of three per centum only. Provided always that it shall not be necessary for the Administrator General to take out letters of administration in cases Proviso. referred to in this Section. `11.` If in cases falling within Section XLIII of Act VIII of 1855, *no perGrant of certificate to son claiming to be entitled t~o a ~rincipal share of the eirects' of the deceased shall ~vlthin three montlis obtain a certificate from the Adininistrator General under the said Sectioll of t,he sa.id Act*, or lett,era of adrniili~t~atioil to the estate alld eRects of tile dcceascd, the Administrator General naxy adniiiiister tile est,at~e without; letters of aclrninistratioll in the same

Source: India Code