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Administrator General to be a corporation sole, to have perpetual succession and official seal, \r\nand to sue and be sued in his corporate name \r\n ________ \r\nPART III \r\n \r\nRIGHTS, POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR GENERAL \r\n(a) Grants of letters of administration and probate \r\n6. [Omitted] \r\n7. Administrator General entitled to letters of administration, unless granted to next-of-kin \r\n8. Administrator General entitled to letters of administration in preference to creditor, non-\r\nuniversal legatee or friends \r\n9. When Administrator General is to administer estates of persons other than exempted persons \r\n10. Power to direct Administrator General to apply for administration \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\nPage 2 of 21 \r\n \r\n11. Power to direct Administrator General to collect and hold assets until right of succession or \r\nadministration is determined \r\n12. Grant of probate or letters of administration to person appearing in the course of proceedings \r\ntaken by Administrator General under section 9, 10 and 11 \r\n13. Grant of administration to Administrator General in certain cases \r\n14. Administrator General not precluded from applying for letters within one month after death \r\n(b) Estates of persons subject to the Army Act or the Air Force Act \r\n15. [Omitted] \r\n16. [Omitted] \r\n17. [Omitted] \r\n(c) Revocation of Grants \r\n18. Recall of Administrator General`s administration, and grant of probate, etc., to executor or \r\nnext-of-kin \r\n19. Cost of obtaining administration, etc ., may, on revocation , be ordered to be paid to \r\nAdministrator General out of assets \r\n20. After revocation, letters granted to Administrator General to be deemed as to him to have \r\nbeen voidable only \r\n21. Payments made by Administrator General prior to revocation \r\n(d) General \r\n22. Administrator General’s petition for grant of letters of administration \r\n23. Name in which probate or letters to be granted \r\n24. Effect of probate or letters granted to Administrator General \r\n25. Transfer by private executor or administrator of interest under probate or letters \r\n26. Distribution of assets \r\n27. Appointment of Official Trustee as trustee of assets after completion of administration \r\n28. Power for High Court to give directions regarding administration of estate \r\n29. No security nor oath to be required from Administrator General \r\n Manner in which petitions to be verified by Administrator General and his Deputy \r\n \r\nPage 3 of 21 \r\n \r\n Entry of Administrator General not to constitute notice of a trust \r\n30. Power to examine on oath \r\n(e) Grant of Certificates \r\n31. In what case Administrator General may grant certificate \r\n32. Grant of certificate to creditors and power to take charge of certain estates \r\n33. Administrator General not bound to grant certificate unless satisfied of claimant’s title, etc. \r\n34. Effect of certificate \r\n35. Revocation of certificate \r\n36. Surrender of revoked certificate \r\n37. Administrator General not bound to take out administration on account of assets for which he \r\nhas granted certificate \r\n38. Transfer of certain assets from Pakistan to executor or administrator in country of domicile \r\nfor distribution \r\n(f) Liability \r\n39. Liability of Government \r\n40. Creditors’ suits against Administrator General \r\n41. Notice of suit not required in certain cases \r\n ________ \r\nPART IV \r\n \r\nFEES \r\n42. Fees \r\n43. Disposal of fees \r\n ________ \r\nPART V \r\n \r\nAUDIT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR GENERAL’S ACCOUNTS \r\n44. Audit of Administrator General’s accounts \r\n45. Auditors to examine accounts and report to Government \r\n46. Power of auditors to summon and examine witnesses, and to call for documents \r\n47. Costs of audit, etc. \r\n \r\nPage 4 of 21 \r\n \r\n \r\nPART VI \r\n \r\nMISCELLANEOUS \r\n48. General powers of administration \r\n49. Power of person beneficially interested to inspect Administrator General’s accounts etc., and \r\ntake copies \r\n50. Power to make rules \r\n51. False evidence \r\n52. Assets unclaimed for twelve years to be transferred to Government \r\n53. Mode of proceeding by claimant to recover principal money so transferred \r\n54. District Judge in certain cases to take charge of property of deceased persons, and to report to \r\nAdministrator General \r\n55. Succession Act and Companies Act not to affect Administrator General \r\n56. Order of Court to be equivalent to decree \r\n57. Provision for administration by Consular Officer in case of death in certain circumstances of \r\nforeign subject \r\n58. [Repealed] \r\n59. Saving of provisions Registration Act, 1908 \r\n59-A [Omitted] \r\n60. [Repealed] \r\nTHE SCHEDULE.—[Repealed] \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 5 of 21 \r\n \r\nTHE ADMINISTRATOR GENERAL’S ACT, 1913 \r\nACT No. III OF 1913 \r\n[27th February, 1913] \r\nAn Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to the office and duties of Administrator General. \r\nWHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the office and duties \r\nof Administrator General; It is hereby enacted as follows:— \r\n ________ \r\nPART I \r\n \r\nPRELIMINARY \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .___(1) This Act may be called the Administrator \r\nGeneral’s Act, 1913. \r\n (2) It extends to 1[the whole of Pakistan] 2[* * *] \r\n(3) It shall come into force on such date as the 3[Federal Government] may, by notification in \r\nthe 4[official Gazette], direct. \r\n2. Interpretation clause .___In this Act, unless there is anything repug nant in the subject or \r\ncontext,— \r\n(1) “assets” means all the property, movable and immovable, of a deceased person, which is \r\nchargeable with, and applicable to, the payment of his debts and legacies, or available for \r\ndistribution among his heirs and next-of-kin: \r\n (2) “exempted person ” means 5[a] 6[Pakistani Christian], a Hindu, Muhammadan, Parsi or \r\nBuddhist, or a person exempted under section 2[3 of the Succession Act, 1925 (XXXIX \r\nof 1925)], from the operation of that Act: \r\n4[(3) “Government” or “the Government” means, in relation to any Province, the Provincial \r\nGovernment 2[* * *]:] \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (XXI of 1960), s.3 and Sch. II. (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956). \r\n2Omitted and subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch. II. \r\n3Subs. by Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P . O. No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Table. \r\n4Subs. by A. O., 1937. \r\n5Subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Act, 1951 (XXVI of 1951), s. 4 and Sch. III. \r\n6Subs. by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (Order No. 4 of 1949), Art. 3 and Sch. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 6 of 21 \r\n \r\n(4) 1[“Pakistani Christian” means a person domiciled in Pakistan] who is or in good faith claims \r\nto be of unmixed Asiatic descent, and who professes any form of the Christian religion: \r\n(5) “letters of administration” includes any letters of administration, whether general or with a \r\ncopy of the will annexed, or limited in time or otherwise: \r\n(6) “next-of-kin” includes a widower or widow of a deceased person, or any other person who \r\nby law would be entitled to letters of administration in preference to a creditor or legatee \r\nof the deceased: \r\n(7) 2[* * * * * * *] \r\n(8) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules under this Act: \r\n(9) 2[* * * * * * *] \r\n(10) 3[* * * * * * *] \r\n3[(11) 2[* * * * * * *] \r\n (12) 4[* * * * * * *] \r\n(13) 4[* * * * * * *] \r\n ________ \r\nPART II \r\n \r\nTHE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR GENERAL \r\n4[3. Appointment of Administrators General .___(1) The Provincial Government for each \r\nProvince shall appoint an Administrator General. \r\n(2) No person shall be appointed to the office of the Administrator General who is not an \r\nadvocate practising in a High Court or a person already in the service of the State.] \r\n4. Appointment and power s of Deputy Administrators General .___The Government may \r\nappoint a Deputy or Deputies to assist the Administrator General; and any Deputy so appointed shall, \r\nsubject to the control of the Government and the general or special orders of the Administrator General, \r\nbe competent to discharge any of t he duties and to exercise any of the powers of the Administrator \r\nGeneral, and when discharging such duties or exercising such powers shall have the same privileges \r\nand be subject to the same liabilities as the Administrator General. \r\n5. Administrator Gener al to be a corporation sole , to have perpetual succession and \r\nofficial seal, and to sue and be sued in his corporate name.—The Administrator General shall be a \r\ncorporation sole by the name of the Administrator General of the 3[Province] for which he is appointed \r\nand, as such Administrator General, shall have perpetual succession and an official seal, and may sue \r\nand be sued in his corporate name. \r\n \r\n1Subs. by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (Order No. 4 of 1949), Sch. \r\n2Rep.by A.O., 1973. \r\n3Ins. by the Official trustees & Administrator General’s Acts (Amdt.) Act, 1922 (XXI of 1922) s. 5. \r\n4Omitted and subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (Ordinance No. XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch. II. \r\n \r\nPage 7 of 21 \r\n \r\nPART III \r\n \r\nRIGHTS, POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR GENERAL. \r\n(a) Grants of Letters of Administration and Probate \r\n6. 1[* * * * * * *] \r\n7. Administrator General entitled to letters of administration , unless granted to next-of- \r\nkin.— Any letters of administration, which are granted after the commencement of this Act by the \r\nHigh Court 1[* * *] shall be granted to the Administrator General of th e 2[Province] unless they are \r\ngranted to the next-of-kin of the deceased. \r\n8. Administrator General entitled to letters of Administration in preference to creditor, \r\nnon-universal legatee or friends.—The Administrator General of the 1[Province] shall be deemed by \r\nall the Courts in the 2[Province] to have a right to letters of administration other than letters pendente \r\nlite in preference to that of— \r\n(a) a creditor; or \r\n(b) a legatee other than an universal legatee; or \r\n(c) a friend of the deceased. \r\n9. When Administrator General is to administer estates of persons other than exempted \r\npersons.___If any person, not being an exempted person, has died leaving within any 2[Province] assets \r\nexceeding the value of 2[ten thousand] rupees, \r\nand if no person to whom any Court would have jurisdiction to commit administration of such \r\nassets has, within one month after his death, applied in such 1[Province] for probate of his will, or for \r\nletters of administration of his estate, \r\nthe Administrator General of the 1[Province] in which such assets are shall, subject to any rules \r\nmade by the Government, within a reasonable time after he has had notice of the death of such person, \r\nand of his having left such assets, take such proceedings as may be necessary to obtain from the High \r\nCourt 2[* * *] letters of administration of the estate of such person. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1 Omitted & subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch. II. \r\n2 Rep. by A. O., 1937. \r\n3Subs. by Act No. XXII of 1974, s. 2. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 8 of 21 \r\n \r\n10. Power to direct Administrator General to apply for administration .___Whenever any \r\nperson has died leaving assets within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of 1[a \r\nHigh Court], the Court, on being satisfied that danger is to be apprehended of misappropr iation, \r\ndeterioration or waste of such assets unless letters of administration of the estate of the such person \r\nare granted, may upon the application of the Administrator General or of any person interested in such \r\nassets or in the due administration thereof, make an order, upon such t erms as to indemnifying the \r\nAdministrator General against costs and other expenses as the Court thinks fit, directing the \r\nAdministrator General to apply for letters of administration of the estate of such person: \r\nProvided that, in the case of an applicatio n being made under this section for letters of \r\nadministration of the estate of an exempted person, the Court may refuse to grant letters of \r\nadministration, if it is satisfied that such grant is unnecessary for the protection of the assets; and in \r\nsuch case the Court shall make such order as to the costs of the application as it thinks fit. \r\n11. Power to direct Administrator General to collect and hold assets until right of \r\nsuccession or administration is determined .___ (1) Whenever any person has died leavin g assets \r\nwithin the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of 1[a High Court], \r\n and such Court is satisfied that there is no person immediately available, who is legally entitled \r\nto the succession to such assets, or that danger is to be apprehended of misappropriation, deterioration \r\nor waste of such assets, before it can be determined who may be legally entitled to the succession \r\nthereto, or whether the Administrator General is entitled to letters of administration of the estate of \r\nsuch deceased person, \r\nthe Court may, upon the application of the Administrator General or of any person interested \r\nin such assets, or in the due administration thereof, forthwith direct the Administrator General to collect \r\nand take possession of such assets, and to hold, deposit, realize, sell or invest the same according to \r\nthe directions of the Court, and in default of any such directions according to the provisions of this Act \r\nso far as the same are applicable to such assets. \r\n(2) Any order of the Court made und er the provisions of this section shall entitle the \r\nAdministrator General, \r\n(a) to maintain any suit or proceeding for the recovery of such assets, and \r\n(b) if he thinks fit, to apply for letters of administration of the estate of such \r\ndeceased person, and \r\n(c) to retain out of the assets of the estate any fees chargeable under rules made \r\nunder this Act, and to reimburse himself for all payments made by him in respect \r\nof such assets which a private administrator might lawfully have made. \r\n12. Grant of prob ate or letter of administration to person appearing in the course of \r\nproceedings taken by Administrator General under section 9, 10 and 11.___If, in the course of \r\nproceedings to obtain letters of administration under the provisions of section 9, section 10, or section \r\n11, any person appears and establishes his claim― \r\n \r\n1Subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (Ordinance No. XXVII of 1981), ss. 3 and Sch. II. \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 9 of 21 \r\n \r\n(a) to probate of the will of the deceased; or \r\n(b) to letters of administration as next -of-kin of the deceased, and gives such \r\nsecurity as may be required of him by law, \r\n the Court shall grant probate of the will or letters of administration accordingly, and shall award \r\nto the Administrator General the costs of any proceedings taken by him, under those sections \r\nto be paid out of the estate as part of the testamentary or intestate expenses thereof. \r\n13. Grant of administration to Administrator General in certain cases.___If, in the course \r\nof proceedings to obtain letters of administration under the provisions of section 9, section 10, or \r\nsection 11, no person appears and establishes his claim to probate of a will, or to a grant of letters of \r\nadministration as next-of-kin of the deceased, within such period as to the Court seems reasonable, \r\n \r\nor if a person who has established his claim to a grant of letters of administration as next -of-\r\nkin of the deceased fails to give such security as may be required of him by law, \r\n \r\nthe Court may grant letters of administration to the Administrator General. \r\n14. Administrator General not precluded from applying for letters within one month after \r\ndeath.___Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to preclude the Administrator General from applying to \r\nthe Court for letters of administration in any case within the period of one month from the death of the \r\ndeceased. \r\n(b) Estates of Persons subject to the Army Act 1[or the Air Force Act]. \r\n15. 2[* * * * * * *] \r\n16. 2[* * * * * * *] \r\n17. 2[* * * * * * *] \r\n(c) Revocation of Grants \r\n18. Recall of Administrator General ’s administration, and grant of probate, etc., to \r\nexecutor or next-of-kin.___If an executor or next-of-kin of the deceased, who has not been personally \r\nserved with a citation or who has not had notice thereof in time to appear pursuant thereto establishes \r\nto the satisfaction of the Court a claim to probate of a will or to letters of administration in preference \r\nto the Administrator General, any letters of administration granted in accordance with the provisions \r\nof this Act to the Administrator General may be revoked, and probate or letters of administration may \r\nbe granted to such executor or next-of-kin as the case may be: \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Ins. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1927 (X of 1927), s. 2 and Sch. I. \r\n2Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch. II. \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 10 of 21 \r\n \r\nProvided that no letters of administration granted to the Administrator General shall be revoked \r\nfor the cause aforesaid, except in cases in which a will of the deceased is prov ed in the 1[Division], \r\nunless the application for that purpose is made within six months after the grant to the Administrator \r\nGeneral and the Court is satisfied that there has been no unreasonable delay in making the application, \r\nor in transmitting the authority under which the application is made. \r\n19. Cost of obtaining administration, etc ., may, on revocation , be ordered to be paid to \r\nAdministrator General out of assets.___If any letters of administration granted to the Administrator \r\nGeneral in accordance with the provisions of this Act are revoked, the Court may order the costs of \r\nobtaining such letters of administration, and the whole or any part of any fees which would otherwise \r\nhave been payable under this Act, together with the costs of the Administrator General in any \r\nproceedings taken to obtain such revocation, to be paid to or retained by the Administrator General out \r\nof the estate: \r\nProvided that nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of clause (c) of sub-section (2) \r\nof section 11. \r\n20. After revocation, letters granted to Administrator General to be deemed as to him to \r\nhave been voidable only .___If any letters of administration granted to the Administrator G eneral in \r\naccordance with the provisions of this Act are revoked, the same shall, so far as regards the \r\nAdministrator General and all persons acting under his authority in pursuance thereof, be deemed to \r\nhave been only voidable, except as to any act done by any such Administrator General or other person \r\nas aforesaid, after notice of a will or of any other fact which would render such letters void: \r\nProvided that no notice of a will or of any other fact which would render any such letters void \r\nshall affect the Administrator General or any person acting under his authority in pursuance of such \r\nletters unless, within the period of one month from the time of giving such notice, proceedings are \r\ncommenced to prove the will, or to cause the letters to be revoked, and such proceedings are prosecuted \r\nwithout unreasonable delay. \r\n21. Payments made by Administrator General prior to revocation .___If any letters of \r\nadministration granted to the Administrator General in accordance with the provisions of this Act are \r\nrevoked, upon the grant of probate of a will, or upon the grant of letters of administration with a copy \r\nof the will annexed , all payments made or acts done by or under the authority of the Administrator \r\nGeneral in pursuance of such letters of administration, prior to the revocation, which would have been \r\nvalid under any letters of administration lawfully granted to him with a copy of such will annexed, \r\nshall be deemed valid notwithstanding such revocation. \r\n(d) General \r\n22. Administrator General’s petition for grant of letters of administration .___Whenever \r\nany Administrator General applies for letters of administration in accordance with the provisions of \r\nthis Act, it shall be sufficient if the petition required to be presented for the grant of such letters states,― \r\n(i) the time and place of the death of the deceased to the best of the knowledge and \r\nbelief of the petitioner, \r\n1Subs. by A. O., 1937. \r\n \r\nPage 11 of 21 \r\n \r\n(ii) the names and addresses of the surviving next-of-kin of the deceased if known, \r\n(iii) the particulars and value of the assets likely to come into the hands of the \r\npetitioner, \r\n(iv) Particulars of the liabilities of the estate if known. \r\n1[23. Name in which p robate or letters to be granted .___All probates or letters of \r\nadministration granted to any Administrator General shall be granted to him by that name.] \r\n24. Effect of probate or letters granted to Administrator General .___Probate or letters of \r\nadministration granted by the High Court 1[* * *] to the Administrator General of any 2[Province] shall \r\nhave effect over all the assets of the deceased throughout such 2[Province], and shall be conclusive as \r\nto the representative title again st all debtors of the deceased and all persons holding such assets, and \r\nshall afford full indemnity to all debtors paying their debts and all persons delivering up such assets to \r\nsuch Administrator General: \r\nProvided that the High Court may direct, by its g rant, that such probate or letters of \r\nadministration shall have like affect throughout one or more of the other 2[provinces]. \r\nWhenever a grant is made by a High Court to the Administrator General with such effect as \r\nlast aforesaid, the Court shall send to the other High Courts a certificate that such grant has been made, \r\nand such certificate shall be filed by the Courts receiving the same. \r\n2[* * * * * * *] \r\n25. Transfer by private executor or administrator of interest under probate or letters.___ \r\n(1) Any private executor or administrator may with the previous consent of the Administrator General \r\nof the 2[Province] in which any of the assets of the estate, in respect of which such executor or \r\nadministrator has obtained probate or letters of administration, are situate, by an instrument in writing \r\nunder his hand notified in the official Gazette, transfer the assets of the estate vested in him by virtue \r\nof such probate or letters to the Administrator General by that name or any other sufficient description. \r\n(2) As from the date of such transfer the transferor shall be exempt from all liability as such \r\nexecutor or administrator, as the case may be, except in respect of acts done before the date of such \r\ntransfer, and the Administrator General shall have the rights which he would have had, and be subject \r\nto the liabilities to which he would have been subject, if the probate or letters of administration, as the \r\ncase may be, had been granted to him by that name at the date of such transfer. \r\n26. Distribution o f assets.___ (1) When the Administrator General has given the prescribed \r\nnotice for creditors and others to send in to him their claims against the estate of the deceased, he shall, \r\nat the expiration of the time therein named for sending in claims, be at l iberty to distribute the assets \r\nor any part thereof in discharge of such lawful claims as he has notice of. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Subs. and rep. by A.O., 1937. \r\n2Subs. and omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch. II. \r\n \r\nPage 12 of 21 \r\n \r\n (2) He shall not be liable for the assets so distributed to any person of whose claim he had not \r\nnotice at the time of such distribution. \r\n(3) No notice of any claim which has been sent in and has been rejected or disallowed in part \r\nby the Administrator General shall affect him unless proceedings to enforce such claim are commenced \r\nwithin one month after notice of the rejection or disallowanc e of such claim has been given in the \r\nprescribed manner and unless such proceedings are prosecuted without unreasonable delay. \r\n(4) Nothing in this section shall prejudice the right of any creditor or other claimant to follow \r\nthe assets or any part thereof in the hands of the persons who may have received the same respectively. \r\n(5) In computing the period of limitation for any suit, appeal or application under the provisions \r\nof any law for the time being in force, the period between the date of submission of the claim of a \r\ncreditor to the Administrator General and the date of the final decision of the Administrator General \r\non such claim shall be excluded. \r\n27. Appointment of Official Trustee as trustee assets after completion of \r\nadministration.___ (1) When t he Administrator General has, so far as may be, discharged all the \r\nliabilities of an estate administered by him, he shall notify the fact in the official Gazette, and he may, \r\nby an instrument in writing, with the consent of the Official Trustee and subject to any rules made by \r\nthe Government, appoint the Official Trustee to be the trustee of any assets then remaining in his hands. \r\n(2) Upon such appointment such assets shall vest in the Official Trustee as if he had been \r\nappointed trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Official Trustees Act, 1913 (II of 1913), and \r\nshall be held by him upon the same trusts as the same were held immediately before such appointment. \r\n28. Power for High Court to give directions regarding administration of estate.___(1) The \r\nHigh Court 1* * * may, on application made to it, give to the Administrator General of the 1[Division] \r\nany general or special directions as to any estate in his charge or in regard to the administration of any \r\nsuch estate. \r\n(2) Applications under sub-section (1) may be made by the Administrator General or any person \r\ninterested in the assets or in the due administration thereof. \r\n29. No security nor oath to be required from Administrator General .___(1) No \r\nAdministrator General shall be required by any Court to enter into any administration-bond, or to give \r\nother security to the Court, on the grant of any letters of administration to him by that name. \r\n(2) Manner in which petitions to be verified by Administrator General and his Deputy. ___ \r\nNo Administrator General or Deputy Administrator General shall be required to verify, otherwise than \r\nby his signature, any petition presented by him under the provisions of this Act, and, if the facts stated \r\nin any such petition are not within the Administrator Genera l’s own personal knowledge, the petition \r\nmay be subscribed and verified by any person competent to make the verification. \r\n \r\n \r\n1Rep. and sub. by A. O., 1937. \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 13 of 21 \r\n \r\n(3) Entry of Administrator General not to constitute notice of a trust. ___The entry of the \r\nAdministrator General by that name in the books of a Company shall not const itute notice of a trust, \r\nand a Company shall not be entitled to object to enter the name of the Administrator General on its \r\nregister by reason only that the Administrator General is a corporation and in dealing with assets the \r\nfact that the person dealt with is the Administrator General shall not of itself constitute notice of a trust. \r\n30. Power to examine on oath .___The Administrator General may, whenever he desires, for \r\nthe purposes of this Act, to satisfy himself regarding any question of fact, examine upon oath (which \r\nhe is hereby authorised to administer) any person who is willing to be so examined by him regarding \r\nsuch question. \r\n31. In what case Administrator General may grant certificate.___Whenever any person has \r\ndied leaving assets within any 1[Province], and the Administrator General of such 1[Province], is \r\nsatisfied that such assets, excluding any sum of money d eposited in a Government Savings Bank, or \r\nin any Provident Fund to which the provisions of the 1[Provident Funds Act, 1925 (XIX of 1925) ] \r\napply, did not at the date of death exceed in the whole 2[ten thousand] rupees___in value, he may, after \r\nthe lapse of one month from the death if he thinks fit, or before the lapse of the said month if he is \r\nrequested so to do by writing under the hand of the executor or the widow or other person entitled to \r\nadminister the estate of the deceased, grant to any person, clai ming otherwise than as a creditor to be \r\ninterested in such assets, or in the due administration thereof, a certificate under his hand entitling the \r\nclaimant to receive the assets therein mentioned left by the deceased, within the 1[Province] to a value \r\nnot exceeding in the whole 2[ten thousand] rupees: \r\nProvided that no certificate shall be granted under this section― \r\n(i) where probate of the deceased’s will or letters of administration of his estate has \r\nor have been granted, or \r\n(ii) in respect of any sum of money deposited in a Government Savings Bank or in \r\nany Provident Fund to which the provisions of the 1[Provident Funds Act, \r\n1925(XIX of 1925)], apply. \r\n32. Grant of certific ate to creditors and powers to t ake charge of certain estates .___If, in \r\ncases falling within section 31, no person claiming to be interested otherwise than as a creditor in such \r\nassets or in the due administration thereof obtains, within three months of the death of the deceased a \r\ncertificate from the Administrator General under the same section, or probate of a will or letters of \r\nadministration of the estate of the deceased, and such deceased was not an exempted person, or was \r\nan exempted person who has left assets within the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court, \r\nor within any area notified by the Government in this behalf in the official Gazette, the Administrator \r\nGeneral may administer the estate without letter s of administration, in the same manner as if such \r\nletters had been granted to him; \r\nand if he neglects or refuses to administer such estate, he shall, upon the application of a \r\ncreditor, grant a certificate to him in the same manner as if he were interested in such assets otherwise \r\nthan as a creditor. \r\n \r\n1Subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch. II. . \r\n2Subs. by Act No. XXII of 1974, s. 3. \r\n \r\nPage 14 of 21 \r\n \r\nand such certificate shall have the same effect as a certificate granted under the provisions of \r\nsection 31, and shall be subject to all the provisions of this Act which are applicable to such certificate: \r\nProvided that the Administrator General may, before granting such certificate, if he thinks fit, \r\nrequire the creditor to give reasonable security for the due administration of the estate of the deceased. \r\n33. Administrator General not bound to grant certificate unless satisfied of claimant ’s \r\ntitle, etc.___The Administrator General shall not be bound to grant any certificate under section 31 or \r\nsection 32, unless he is satisfied of the title of the claimant and of the value of the assets left by the \r\ndeceased within the 1[Province], either by the oath of the claimant, or by such other evidence as he \r\nrequires. \r\n34. Effect of certificate.___The holder of a certificate granted in accordance with the provisions \r\nof section 31 or section 32, shall have in respect of the assets specified in such certificate the same \r\npowers and duties, and be subject to the same liabilities as he would have had or been subject to if \r\nletters of administration had been granted to him: \r\nProvided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to require any person holding such \r\ncertificate, \r\n(a) to file accounts or inventories of the assets of the deceased before any Court or \r\nother authority, or \r\n(b) save as provided in section 32 to give any bond for the due administration of \r\nthe estate. \r\n35. Revocation of certificate . The Administrator General may revoke a certificate granted \r\nunder the provisions of section 31 or section 32 on any of the following grounds, namely:— \r\n(i) that the certificate was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation made to him, \r\n(ii) that the certificate was obtained by means of an untrue allegation of a fact \r\nessential in law to justify the grant though such allegation was made in \r\nignorance or inadvertently. \r\n36. Surrender of revoked certificate.___(1) When a certificate is revoked in accordance with \r\nthe provisions of section 35, the holder thereof shall, on the requisition of the Administrator General, \r\ndeliver it up to such Administrator General, but shall not be entitled to the refund of any fee paid \r\nthereon. \r\n(2) If such person wilfully and without reasonable cause omits to deliver up the certificate, he \r\nshall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine which may \r\nextend to one thousand rupees, or with both. \r\n \r\n \r\n1Subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch. II. \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 15 of 21 \r\n \r\n37. Administrator General not bound to take out administration on account of assets for \r\nwhich he has granted certificate.___The Administrator General shall not be bound to take out letters \r\nof administration of the estate of any deceased person on account of the assets in respect of which he \r\ngrants any certificate, under section 31 or section 32, but he may do so if he revokes such certificate \r\nunder section 35 or ascertains that the value of the estate exceeded 1[ten thousand] rupees. \r\n38. Transfer of certain assets from Pakistan to executor or administrator in country of \r\ndomicile for distribution.___Where a person not having his dom icile in 2[Pakistan] has died leaving \r\nassets in any 3[Province] and in the country in which he had his domicile at the time of his death, and \r\nproceedings for the administration of his estate with respect to assets in any such 3[Province] have \r\nbeen taken under section 31 or section 32, and there has been a grant of administration in the country \r\nof domicile with respect to the assets in that country, \r\nthe holder of the certificate granted under section 31 or section 32, or the Administrator \r\nGeneral, as the case may be, after having given the prescribed notice for creditors and others to send \r\nin to him their claims against the estate of the deceased, and after having discharged, at the expiration \r\nof the time therein named, such lawful claims as he has notice of, may, instead of himself distributing \r\nany surplus or residue of the deceased’s property to persons residing out of 2[Pakistan] who are entitled \r\nthereto transfer, with the consent of the executor or administrator, as the case may be, in the country \r\nof domicile, the surplus or residue to him for distribution to those persons. \r\n(f) Liability \r\n39. Liability of Government.___(1) The revenues of the Government 4[* *] shall be liable to \r\nmake good all sums required to discharge any liability which the Administrator General, if he were a \r\nprivate administrator, would be personally liable to discharge, except when the liability is one to which \r\nneither the Administrator General nor any of his officers has in any way contributed, or which neither \r\nhe nor any of his officers could, by the exercise of reasonable diligence have averted, and in either of \r\nthose cases the Administrator General shall not, nor shall the revenues 4[of the Government 5[*] * *], \r\nbe subject to any liability. \r\n \r\n3[* * * * * * *] \r\n \r\n40. Creditors’ suits against Administrator General.___ (1) If any suit be brought by a creditor \r\nagainst any Administrator General, such creditor shall be liable to pay the costs of the suit unless he \r\nproves that not less than one month previous to the institution of the suit he had applied in writing to \r\nthe Administrator General, stating the amount and other particulars of his claim, and had given such \r\nevidence in support thereof as, in the circumstances of the case, the Administrator General was \r\nreasonably entitled to require. \r\n \r\n \r\n1Subs. by Act No. XXII of 1974, s. 4. \r\n2Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (XXI of 1960), s. 3 and Sch., II. (with effect from the 14th October , 1955). \r\n3Subs. and omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s.3 and Sch. II. \r\n4Rep. and ins. by the Official Trustees and Administrator General’s Acts Amendment Act, 1922 (XXI of 1922), s. 6. \r\n5Rep. by A. O. 1937. \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 16 of 21 \r\n \r\n (2) If any such suit is decreed in favour of the creditor, he shall, nevertheless, unless he is a \r\nsecured creditor, be only entitled to payment out of the assets of the deceased equally and rateably with \r\nthe other creditors. \r\n41. Notice of suit not required in certain cases.___Nothing in section 80 of the Code of Civil \r\nProcedure, 1908 (V of 1908), shall apply to any suit against the Administrator General in which no \r\nrelief is claimed against him personally. \r\n ________ \r\nPART IV \r\n \r\nFEES \r\n42. Fees.___(1) There shall be charged in respect of the duties of the Administrator General such \r\nfees, whether by way of percentage or otherwise, as may be prescribed by the Government: \r\nProvided that, in the case of any estate, the administration of which has been committed to the \r\nAdministrator General before the commencement of this Act, the fees prescribed under this section \r\nshall not exceed the fees leviable in respect of such estate under the Administrator General’s Act, 18741 \r\n(II of 1874), as subsequently amended: \r\n2[* * * * * * * *] \r\n(2) The fees under this section may be at different rates for different estates or classes of estates \r\nor for different duties, and shall , so far as may be, be arranged so as to produce a n amount sufficient \r\nto discharge the salaries and all other expenses incidental to the working of this Act (including such \r\nsum as Government may determine to be required to insure the revenues of the Government 3[* *] \r\nagainst loss under this Act). \r\n43. Disposal of fees.___ (1) Any expenses which might be retained or paid out of any estate in \r\nthe charge of the Administrator General, if he were a private administrator of such estate, shall be so \r\nretained or paid and the f ees prescribed under section 42 shall be retained or paid in like manner as \r\nand in addition to such expenses. \r\n(2) The Administrator General shall transfer and pay to such authority, in such manner and at \r\nsuch time as the government may prescribe, all fees received by him under this Act, and the same shall \r\nbe carried to the account and credit of the Government 3[* *]. \r\n \r\n________ \r\n \r\nPART V \r\n \r\nAUDIT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR GENERAL’S ACCOUNTS \r\n44. Audit of Administrator General ’s Accounts. ___The accounts of every Administrator \r\nGeneral shall be audited at least once annually, and at any other time if the Government so direct, by \r\nthe prescribed person and in the prescribed manner. \r\n \r\n \r\n1Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch. II. \r\n2Rep. by the Official Trustees and Administrator General`s Acts Amdt. Act, 1922 (XXI of 1922), s.7. \r\n \r\nPage 17 of 21 \r\n \r\n45. Auditors to examine accounts and report to Government.___The auditors shall examine \r\nthe accounts and forward to the Government a statement thereof in the prescribed form, together with \r\na report thereon and a certificate signed by them showing— \r\n(a) whether they contain a full and true account of everything which ou ght to be \r\ninserted therein, \r\n(b) whether the books which by any rules made under this Act are directed to be \r\nkept by the Administrator General, have been duly and regularly kept, and \r\n(c) whether the assets and securities have been duly kept and invested and deposited \r\nin the manner prescribed by this Act, or by any rules made thereunder, \r\nor (as the case may be) that such accounts are deficient, or that the Administrator General has failed to \r\ncomply with this Act or the rules made there under, in such res pects as may be specified in such \r\ncertificate. \r\n46. Power of auditors to summon and examine witnesses, and to call for documents.___ (1) \r\nEvery auditor shall have the powers of a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of \r\n1908), \r\n(a) to summon any person whose presence he thinks necessary to attend him from \r\ntime to time; and \r\n(b) to examine any person on oath to be by him administered; and \r\n(c) to issue a commission for the examination on interrogatories or otherwise of \r\nany person; and \r\n(d) to summon any person to produce any document or thing the production of \r\nwhich appears to be necessary for the purpose of such audit or examination. \r\n(2) Any person who when summoned refuses, or without reasonable cause, neglects to attend \r\nor to produce any document or thing or attends and refuses to be sworn, or to be examined, shall be \r\ndeemed to have committed an offence within the meaning of, and punishable under, section 188 of the \r\nPakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860), and the auditor shall report every case of such refusal or neglect \r\nto Government. \r\n47. Costs of audit, etc .___The costs of and incidental to such audit and examination shall be \r\ndetermined in accordance with rules made by the Government, and shall be defrayed in the prescribed \r\nmanner. \r\n________ \r\n \r\nPART VI \r\n \r\nMISCELLANEOUS \r\n \r\n48. General powers of administration.___The Administrator General may, in addition to, and \r\nnot in derogation of, any other powers of expenditure lawfully exerciseable by him, incure \r\nexpenditure___ \r\n \r\nPage 18 of 21 \r\n \r\n(a) on such acts as may be necessary for the proper care and management of any \r\nproperty belonging to any estate in his charge; and \r\n(b) with the sanction of the High Court 1[* * *] on such religious, charitable and \r\nother objects, and on such improvements, as ma y be reasonable and proper in \r\nthe case of such property. \r\n49. Power of person beneficially interested to inspect Administrator General ’s accounts, \r\netc., and take copies .___Any person interested in the administration of any estate, which is in the \r\ncharge of the Administrator General shall, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be \r\nprescribed, be entitled at all reasonable times to inspect the accounts relating to suc h estate and the \r\nreports and certificates of the auditor, and on payment of the prescribed fee, to copies thereof and \r\nextracts therefrom. \r\n50. Power to make rules.___(1) The Government shall make rules for carrying into effect the \r\nobjects of this Act and for regulating the proceedings of the Administrator General. \r\n(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may \r\nprovide for___ \r\n(a) the accounts to be kept by the Administrator General and the audit and \r\ninspection thereof, \r\n(b) the safe custody, deposit and investment of assets and securities which come \r\ninto the hands of the Administrator General, \r\n(c) the remittance of sums of money in the hands of the Administrator General in \r\ncases in which such remittances are required, \r\n(d) subject to the provisions of this Act, the fees to be paid under this Act, and the \r\ncollection and accounting for any such fees, \r\n(e) the statements, schedules and other documents to be submitted to the \r\nGovernment or to any other authorit y by the Administrator General, and the \r\npublication of such statements, schedules or other documents, \r\n(f) the realization of the cost of preparing any such statements, schedules or other \r\nsuch documents, \r\n (ff) 2[* * * * * * *] \r\n \r\n(g) the manner in which and the person by whom the costs of and incidental to any \r\naudit under the provisions of this Act are to be determined and defrayed, \r\n \r\n \r\n1Rep. by A. O., 1937. \r\n2Rep. by the Destruction of Records Act, 1917 (V of 1917), s. 6 and Sch. \r\n \r\nPage 19 of 21 \r\n \r\n (h) the manner in which summonses issued under the provisions of section 46 are \r\nto be served and the payment of the expenses of any person summoned or \r\nexamined under the provisions of this Act and of any expenditure incidental to \r\nsuch examination, and \r\n(i) any matter in this Act directed to be prescribed. \r\n(3) All rules made under this Act shall be published in the official Gazette and, on such \r\npublication, shall have effect as if enacted in this Act. \r\n51. False evidence .___Whoever, during any examination authorised by this Act, makes upon \r\noath a statement which is false and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe \r\nto be true, shall be deemed to have intentionally given false evidence in a stage of a judicial proceeding. \r\n52. Assets unclaimed for twelve years to be transferred to Government.___All assets in the \r\ncharge of the Administrator General which have been in his custody for a period of twelve years or \r\nupwards whether before or after the commencement of this Act without any application for payment \r\nthereof having been made and granted by him shall be transferred, in the prescribed manner, to the \r\naccount and credit of the Government 1* *: \r\nProvided that this section shall not authorise the transfer of any such assets as aforesaid, if any \r\nsuit or proceeding is pending in respect thereof in any Court. \r\n53. Mode of proceeding by claimant to recover principal money so transferred .—(1) If \r\nany claim is hereafter made to any part of the assets transferred to the acco unt and credit of the \r\nGovernment 1* * under the provisions of this Act, or any Act hereby repealed, and if such claim is \r\nestablished to the satisfaction of the prescribed authority, the Government 1* * shall pay to the claimant \r\nthe amount of the principal so transferred to its account and credit or so much thereof as appears to be \r\ndue to the claimant. \r\n(2) If the claim is not established to the satisfaction of the prescribed authority, the claimant \r\nmay, without prejudice to his right to take any other proceedings for the recovery of such assets, apply \r\nby petition to the High Court 2* * * against the 2[Government], and such Court, after taking such \r\nevidence as it thinks fit, shall make such order in regard to the payment of the whole or any part of the \r\nsaid principal sum as it thinks fit, and such order shall be binding on all parties to the proceeding 3[.] \r\n3[* * * * * * *] \r\n(3) The Court may further direct by whom the whole or any part of the cost of each party shall \r\nbe paid. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Rep. by the Official Trustees and Administrator General’s Acts (Amdt.) Act, 1922 (XXI of 1922), s. 7. \r\n2Rep. and subs. by A.O., 1937. \r\n3Subs. and omitted by the Central Laws (statute reform) Ordinance, 1960 (XXI of 1960), Art. 2 and Sch., (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956). \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 20 of 21 \r\n \r\n54. District Judge in certain cases to take charge of property of deceased persons, and to \r\nreport to Administrator General.___ (1) Whenever any person, other than an exempted person, dies \r\nleaving assets within the limits of the jurisdiction of a District Judge, the District Judge shall report the \r\ncircumstance without delay to the Administrator General of the 1[Division] stating th e following \r\nparticulars so far as they may be known to him :— \r\n(a) the amount and nature of the assets, \r\n(b) whether or not the deceased left a will and, if so, in whose custody it is, \r\n(c) the names and addresses of the surviving next -of-kin of the deceased, and, on \r\nthe lapse of one month from the date of the death, \r\n(d) whether or not any one has applied for probate of the will of the deceased or \r\nletters of administration of his estate. \r\n(2) The District Judge shall retain the assets under his charge, or appoint an officer under the \r\nprovisions of section 2[269 of the Succession Act, 1925 (XXXIX of 1925)], to take and keep possession \r\nof the same until the Administrator General has obtained letters of administration, or until some other \r\nperson has obtained probate or such letters or a certificate from the Administrator General under the \r\nprovisions of this Act, when the assets shall be delivered over to the holder of such probate, letters of \r\nAdministration or certificate: \r\nProvided that the District Judge may, if he thinks fit, sell any assets which are subject to speedy \r\nand natural decay, or which for any other sufficient cause he thinks should be sold, and he shall \r\nthereupon credit the proceeds of such sale to the estate. \r\n(3) The District Judge may cause to be paid out of any assets of which he or such officer has \r\ncharge, or out of the proceeds of such assets or of any part thereof, such sums as may appear to him to \r\nbe necessary for all or any of the following purposes, namely:___ \r\n(a) the payment of the expenses of the funeral of the deceased and of obtaining \r\nprobate of his will or letters of administration of his estate or a certificate under \r\nthis Act, \r\n(b) the payment of wages due for services re ndered to the deceased within three \r\nmonths next preceding his death by any labourer, artizan or domestic servant, \r\n(c) the relief of the immediate necessities of the family of the deceased, and \r\n(d) such acts as may be necessary for the proper care and management of the assets \r\nleft by the deceased, \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Subs. by A. O., 1937. \r\n2Subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (Ordinance No. XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch. II. \r\n \r\nPage 21 of 21 \r\n \r\nand nothing in section 1[230, section 321 or section 322 of t he Succession Act, 1925 (XXXIX of \r\n1925)], or in any other law for the time being in force with respect to rights of priority of creditors of \r\ndeceased persons shall be held to affect the validity of any payment so caused to be made. \r\n55. Succession Act and Companies Act not to affect Administrator General.___ (1) Nothing \r\ncontained in the 1[Succession Act, 1925 (XXXIX of 1925)], or the 1[Companies Act, 1913 (VII of \r\n1913)], shall be taken to supersede or affect the rights, duties and privilege s of any Administrator \r\nGeneral. \r\n(2) 2[* * * * * * *] \r\n56. Order of Court to be equivalent to decree.___Any order made under this Act by any Court \r\nshall have the same effect as a decree.) \r\n57. Provision for administration by Consular Officer in case of death in certain \r\ncircumstances of foreign subject.___Notwithstanding anything in this Act, or in any other law for the \r\ntime being in force, the 3[Federal Government] may, by general or special order, direct that, where a \r\nsubject of a foreign State dies in 4[Pakistan], and it appears that there is no one in 4[Pakistan] other \r\nthan the Administrator General, entitled to apply to a Court of competent jurisdiction for letters of \r\nadministration of the estate of the deceased, letters of administration shall, on the application to such \r\nCourt of any Consular Officer of such foreign State, be granted to such Consular Officer on such terms \r\nand conditions as the Court may, subject to any rules made in this behalf by the 3[Federal Government] \r\nby notification in the 5[official Gazette] think fit to impose. \r\n58. 5[* * * * * * *] \r\n59. Saving of provisions Registration Act, 1908 .___Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to \r\naffect the provisions of the Registration Act, 1908 (XVI of 1908). \r\n59-A. 1[* * * * * * *] \r\n60. 6[* * * * * * *] \r\nTHE SCHEDULE.— 6[* * * * * * *] \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n____________ \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n218502 Date: 09-04-2025 \r\n1Subs. and omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), ss. 14-15 and Sch. II. \r\n2Omitted by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (Order No. 4 of 1949), Sch. \r\n3Subs. by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P. O. No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Table. \r\n4Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (XXI of 1960), s. 3 and Sch. II. (with effect from the 14th October , 1955). \r\n5Subs. & Rep. by A. 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