Administration of estate falling to the State

(1) Where the residuary estate of an intestate belongs to the State under this Act, administration shall be granted to the Public Trustee or to some other person nominated by the Minister in that behalf. (2) Where the administration of the real and personal estate of any deceased person is granted to the Public Trustee or a person nominated by the Minister, any legal proceeding by or against the Public Trustee or that nominee for the recovery of the real or personal estate, or any part or share thereof, shall be of the same character, and be instituted and carried on in the same manner, and be subject to the same rules of law and equity, including, except as otherwise provided by this Act, the rules of limitation under the statutes of limitation or otherwise, in all respects as if the administration had been granted to the Public Trustee or such nominee as one of the persons interested in the estate of the deceased. (3) Proceedings on the part of Her Majesty shall not be filed or instituted in respect of the real or personal estate of any deceased person or any part or share thereof, or any claim thereon, except subject to the same rules of law and equity within and subject to which a proceeding for the like purposes might be instituted by or against a subject. (4) The Public Trustee or such nominee shall not be required, when applying for or obtaining administration of the estate of a deceased person for the use or benefit of Her Majesty, to deliver, nor shall the court be entitled to receive in connection with any such application or grant of administration, any affidavit, statutory declaration, account, certificate or other statement verified on oath, but the Public Trustee or such nominee shall deliver, and the court shall accept in lieu thereof, an account or particulars of the estate of the deceased signed by or on behalf of the Public Trustee or such nominee. 28 Administration of Estates Act (5) This section shall apply as well to residuary estates falling to the State before, as to residuary estates falling to the State after, the commencement of this Act.