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Administration and Probate Act 1958

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49 Power to postpone distribution Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Act, a personal representative is not bound to distribute the estate of the deceased before the expiration of one year from the death. New s. 50 inserted by No. 41/2017 s. 20.

Previous section48Obligations of personal representative to give possession Next section50Court powers where exception to ademption causes unjust advantage or unjust disadvantage

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