63Payment of small sums without probate or letters of administration

63 Payment of small sums without probate or letters of administration

[Section 63 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ]

(1)  [Section 63 Subsection (1) amended by No. 9 of 2006, s. 10, Applied:01 Oct 2006] *[Section 63 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 ][Section 63 Subsection (1) amended by No. 51 of 1967, s. 7 ][Section 63 Subsection (1) amended by No. 14 of 1977, s. 12 ]**[Section 63 Subsection (1) amended by No. 76 of 1985, s. 8 ]*In case of the death of any person, either before or after the commencement of this Act, to whom any sum of money not exceeding the prescribed amount was or is payable by the Public Trustee, it shall be lawful for the Public Trustee to pay such sum or any part thereof to any person whom the Public Trustee shall consider entitled thereto without requiring probate or letters of administration to be taken out or produced to him.

(2)  Any such payment shall be valid against all persons whomsoever, and shall discharge the Public Trustee from all liability in respect of the sum so paid.

(3)  Nothing in this section shall prevent any person lawfully entitled to any sum so paid from recovering the same from the person to whom the same has been paid.