Section 21
Substitution of section 18
of Small Estates (Distribution) (Amendment) Act 2022
The principal Act is amended by substituting for section 18
the following section:
“Duty of Corporation and Majlis
Quoted provision
Section 18
Where a proprietor or owner of any property has died and no proceedings, to the knowledge of the Corporation or Majlis, have within six months of the date of death been taken to obtain a grant of probate or letters of administration or for distribution order under this Act of the estate of a deceased, the Corporation or Majlis may report the matter to the Estate Distribution Officer and the Estate Distribution
Officer may thereupon request the Corporation or Majlis to lodge a petition for distribution of the estate subject to the
Corporation or Majlis to obtain consent from a beneficiary to the estate of a deceased person, a creditor or a purchaser who has interest in the estate of a deceased person, as the case may be.
(2)
Any fees payable under this section as may be prescribed and may be paid out of the estate.
(3)
The Minister may, with the approval of the State
Authority, by notification in the Gazette, appoint a date for the coming into operation of this section in relation to the
Majlis.”.