Section 8C
Letters of administration pendente lite
of Small Estates (Distribution) Act 1955
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Section 8C
Pending any distribution order, letters of administration may be granted to a petitioner or any beneficiary as the Estate Distribution
Officer may appoint, limited so that the administrator shall not be empowered to distribute the estate, and shall be subject to such control by, and direction of, the Estate Distribution Officer as the Estate
Distribution Officer deems fit, and subject to that limitation the administrator so appointed shall have all the rights and powers of a general administrator.