Act No. 190 Section 629

Person retaining will may be committed.

Section 629

SEC. 629. Person retaining will may be committed. — If a person having custody of a will after the death of the testator neglects without reasonable cause to deliver the same to the court having jurisdiction, after notice by the court so to do, he may be committed to prison of the province by a warrant issued by the court, and there kept in close confinement until he delivers the will.

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