ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT - 1961 (ACT 63)

Section - 81 - Grant of Special Administration Where Personal Representative is Abroad

(1) If at the expiration of twelve months from the death of a person any personal representative of the deceased to whom a grant has been made is residing out of the jurisdiction of the court, the court may, on the application of any creditor or person interested in the estate of the deceased, grant to him special administration of the estate of the deceased.

(2) The court may, for the purpose of any legal proceedings to which the administrator under the special administration is a party, order the transfer into court of any money or securities belonging to the estate of the deceased person, and all persons shall obey the order.

(3) If the personal representative capable of acting returns to and resides within the jurisdiction of the court while any legal proceedings to which a special administrator is a party are pending, that personal representative shall be made a party to the legal proceedings, and the costs of and incidental to the special administration and the legal proceedings shall be paid by that person and out of such fund as the court in which the proceedings are pending may direct.