Section I. Whenever, after the passing of this Act, any British Subject shall die intestate within the Presiden

I. Whenever, after the passing of this Act, any British Subject shall die intestate within the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, or the Territories which are or shall be subordinate to the said Presidency, and on the return of the citation issued from the proper Ecclesiastical Court, no next of Kin shall appear, and make out their claim to the Administration of the Effects of the deceased to the satisfaction of the said Court, and also, whenever the Executor or Executors, appointed by the Will of any British Subject dying therein, shall refuse to prove the Will, the Administrator General created by this Act shall, except in the case hereinafter excepted, apply for, and the said Court shall grant to him, instead of the Ecclesiastical Registrar, such Letters of Administration or Ad Colligenda Bona as to such Court shall seem meet; by virtue whereof the said Administrator General shall collect the assets of the deceased, and account for them as herein provided.