Section 18

(1)

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.