ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT - 1961 (ACT 63)

Section - 28 - Payment of debts and distribution of assets

(1) The Administrator-General shall cause advertisements to be published in the Gazette, and in such other manner as he thinks fit, calling upon the creditors of a person whose estate he administers and other persons beneficially entitled thereto to come in and prove their claims before him within such period as he may specify. Subject to section 42 of this Act he shall after the expiration of that period pay the debts proved, and if the whole thereof cannot be paid he shall pay a dividend thereon-if he collects any further assets after making payment he shall, in case any part of the debts proved remains unpaid, pay them and any debts subsequently proved before him or a dividend thereon; but such debts as are subsequently proved shall first be paid a dividend in proportion to their amount equal to the dividend paid to creditors having previously proved their debts.

(2) The Administrator-General may require that any claim filed by a creditor or a claimant shall express the name and place of abode of the creditor or claimant, the origin of the debt or claim, the degree or class of the debt and the particulars and exact amount thereof, verified by affidavit, and there shall also be annexed to every claim the documents purporting to be evidence thereof; he may also require any claimants to make an affidavit in the prescribed form setting forth particulars concerning the person beneficially entitled to the estate according to the best of their knowledge and belief.