236To whom administration may not be granted.
Section 236 · Part IX · Chapter I · page 71 of the Act
Letters of administration cannot be granted to any person who is a minor or is of unsound mind, 1[nor to any association of individuals unless it is a company which satisfies the conditions prescribed by rules to be made 2[by notification in the Official Gazette,] by the 3[State Government] in this behalf].
1 Added by Act 17 of 1931, s. 2., the words “nor, unless the deceased was a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh, or Jaina or an exempted person, to a married woman without the previous consent of her husband” which originally occurred at the end of this section had been omitted by Act 18 of 1927, s. 2.
2 Ins. by Act 20 of 1983, s.2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 15-3-1984).
3 The words “G.G. in C.” have been successively amended by the A.O. 1937 and the A.O. 1950 to read as above.