ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT - 1961 (ACT 63)

Section - 23 - Revocation of grant to Administrator-General

(1) If an executor or next-of-kin of the deceased who has not been personally served with a citation or who has not had actual notice thereof in time to appear pursuant thereto, establishes to the satisfaction of the court a claim to probate of a will or to letters of administration in preference to the Administrator-General, any probate or letters of administration granted to the Administrator-General may be revoked, and probate or letters of administration may be granted to the executor or next-of-kin, as the case may be.

(2) Probate or letters of administration granted to the Administrator-General shall not be revoked under this section upon the application of the next-of-kin of the deceased, unless the application be made within six months after the grant to the Administrator-General and the court is satisfied that there has been no unreasonable delay in making the application or in transmitting the authority under which the application is made.