Section 27
of Small Estates (Distribution) Act 1955
Section 27
Where, before the coming into force of this Act, letters of administration have been granted by the High Court and the estate has not been fully administered, any further application relating to the same estate may be made to the High Court, whether the estate is, or has become, a small estate within the meaning of this Act or not.
(2)
Where before the coming into force of this Act a grant of probate or letters of administration has been made by any authority other than the High Court, and the estate has not been fully administered, any further application relating to the same estate may be made to a Judge or Registrar of the High Court in the State in which the grant was made and thereupon the Registrar shall call for the file of the former proceedings which may be continued as though they had been commenced in his registry:
Provided that if for any reason, in the opinion of the Judge or the
Registrar, the proceedings cannot conveniently be so continued, the
Judge or Registrar may direct that a new petition be filed in the High
Court or that a petition for distribution be lodged with a Estate
Distribution Officer pursuant to section 8.
(3)
Where before the coming into force of this Act an application for distribution or for a grant of letters of administration of a small estate under any written law repealed by this Act has been made to a
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Estate Distribution Officer or, in the case of Sarawak, a Probate
Officer, and the estate has not been fully administered, the Estate
Distribution Officer shall have jurisdiction to continue the proceedings and shall continue them in accordance with this Act, as early as the circumstances admit.