Section 15
Section 13 of the principal Act is amended—
of Small Estates (Distribution) (Amendment) Act 2022
(a)
by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2) Where a petition involves a beneficiary who is a minor or a person of unsound mind, the Estate
Distribution Officer shall make the following order:
(a)
the share of any minor or person of unsound mind in any immovable property to be registered in the name of a suitable person as a trustee; and
(b)
the Land Administrator or the Registrar of
Titles to enter a caveat to protect the interest of the minor or person of unsound mind.”;
(b)
in subsection (4)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “such person” the words “such number of persons”; and
(ii)
by deleting the words “, subject to such security as he may require and may in his discretion dispense with security”;
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(c)
in subsection (5)—
(i)
by deleting the words “of any land registered in the name of the deceased”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the words “the land” the words
“or transfer the property”; and
(d)
in subsection (6), by substituting for the words “land registered in the name of the deceased” the word
“property”.