Section 65
Liability of a person fraudulently obtaining or retaining estate of deceased
of Probate and Administration Act 1959
ActIn forceProvision 64 of 79
Section 65
If any person, to the defrauding of creditors or without full valuable consideration, obtains, receives or holds any movable or immovable property of a deceased person or effects the release of
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any debt or liability due to the estate of the deceased, he shall be charged as executor in his own wrong to the extent of the property received or coming into his hands, or the debt or liability released, after deducting—
(a)
any debt for valuable consideration and without fraud due to him from the deceased person at the time of his death; and
(b)
any payment made by him which might properly be made by a personal representative.