Mera Samvidhaan All of Indian Succession Act, 1925

Part IX · Chapter IV · Of the Practice in granting and revoking Probates and Letters of Administration

271Disposal of application made to Judge of district in which deceased had no fixed abode.

Section 271 · Part IX · Chapter IV · page 76 of the Act

When the application is made to the Judge of a district in which the deceased had no fixed abode at the time of his death, it shall be in the discretion of the Judge to refuse the application, if in his judgment it could be disposed of more justly or conveniently in another district, or, where the application is for letters of administration, to grant them absolutely, or limited to the property within his own jurisdiction.

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