Probate and Administration Act 1959 s 38
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s 38 Discharge of administration bond
Where an administrator who has given a bond under this Act or any written law hereby repealed is in possession of any part of the estate of the testator or intestate and is prevented from fully administering the estate by reason of inability to ascertain or to communicate with the persons beneficially entitled to the residue in his hands, he may exhibit in the Court an account showing how the estate has been administered, and may, after the account has been verified as the Court may direct, with the leave of the Court pay into the Court, or if the Court so directs to a trust corporation, the residue in his hands; and after any such payment the Court shall, unless good cause is shown to the contrary, discharge the administrator and his surety or sureties (if any) from the obligations of the said bond.
Malay text (authoritative)
Jika seseorang pentadbir yang telah memberikan suatu bon di bawah Akta ini atau mana-mana undang-undang bertulis yang dengan ini dimansuhkan, ada dalan tangannya, maka dia boleh mengekshibitkan dalan Mahkamah suatu akaun yang menunjukkan bagaiman: narta pusaka itu telah ditadbirkan, dan, selepas akauı itu ditentusahkan sebagaimana yang diarahkan olel Mahkamah, dengan kebenaran Mahkamah, boleh membayar ke dalam Mahkamah, atau jika diarahkan oleh Mahkamah membayar kepada suatu perbadanan amanah, residu dalam tangannya itu; dan selepas apa-apa pembayaran sedemikian Mahkamah hendaklah, melainkan jika sebab yang baik bagi sebaliknya ditunjukkan, ıelepaskan pentadbir itu dan penjamin atau penjamı enjaminnya (jika ada) daripada obligasi bon tersebu
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
