ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT - 1961 (ACT 63)

Section - 44 - Assets of persons not domiciled in Ghana payable to executor abroad

(1) When a person, not having his domicile in Ghana, has died leaving assets in Ghana, the Administrator-General, after having given the prescribed notice for creditors and others to send in to him their claims against the estate of the deceased, and after having discharged at the expiration of the time therein named such lawful claims as he may have notice of, may, instead of distributing any surplus or residue of the deceased's assets to persons residing in another country who are entitled thereto, transfer, with the consent of the executor or administrator, if any, as the case may be, in the country of the domicile of the deceased, the surplus or residue to that executor or administrator for distribution to those persons; or to a consular officer of that country or other authority competent to receive it, whose receipt shall be a full and complete discharge to the Administrator-General.

(2) The Administrator-General may transfer the residue through the Accountant-General in any such case and a written acknowledgement by the Accountant-General that he has received the surplus for such a purpose shall be a full and complete discharge to the Administrator-General.

(3) The Minister may prescribe the fees payable to a consular officer or authority mentioned in this section.