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Right of beneficiary sui juris and absolutely entitled to take over property
Cap. 197, s. 35 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Notwithstanding the statutory trust for sale of the real estate and personal estate of a deceased person, the personal representatives shall be bound, if requested to do so, to convey or deliver over to all persons of full age absolutely entitled to the residuary estate of the deceased or any part thereof, any real and personal property not required for the payment of the funeral, testamentary and administration expenses and the debts and other liabilities of the deceased, instead of executing the statutory trust for sale.
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(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), such person of full age absolutely entitled as aforesaid may pay to the personal representative the whole or part of the money necessary to meet the funeral, testamentary and administration expenses and the debts and other liabilities of the deceased so as to render unnecessary the sale and realisation of the whole or part of the real and personal property of the deceased.
(3) Where an infant is absolutely entitled to the residuary estate of a deceased person, and any real and personal property of the deceased is not required for the payment of the funeral,
testamentary and administration expenses and the debts and other liabilities of the deceased, the personal representative,
before executing the statutory trust for sale, shall apply for the directions of the court on the matter of the sale and realisation of the residuary estate.
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