ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT - 1961 (ACT 63)

Section - 16 - Power of Administrator-General to petition court

(1) The Administrator-General may, whenever he becomes aware of any estate which he considers unrepresented, present a petition to the court in the form set out in the First Schedule to this Act, praying for the grant of probate or of letters of administration of the estate and the court may, upon being satisfied that the estate is unrepresented, make an order accordingly, and thereupon the Administrator-General shall forthwith cause an inventory to be made of the estate and filed in the court.

(2) The Administrator-General shall not petition the court in respect of any estate for the administration of which other special provision is made by any enactment.