ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT - 1961 (ACT 63)

Section - 47 - Rival claims to residue

Where two or more persons lay claim to any estate or residue, the Administrator-General may pay into court and notify the claimants and the court may with the consent of the parties, dispose of their claims by determining them in a summary manner, and may make such order therein with regard to costs and all other matters as the circumstances may require. Where the parties do not consent, they may proceed to obtain a decision of their claims according to the ordinary course of law.