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| (1) When any person shall die leaving property in Sri Lanka but without making a will or where the will cannot be found, the widow, widower, next of kin of such person or any other person interested in having the estate of such intestate administered, may apply for a grant to himself of letters of administration. |
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| (2) Every application under this section shall be made to the Public Trustee in the prescribed form within six months of the date of death of the deceased and shall contain the following particulars: -
| | (a) absence of any will and such facts, if any, as relevant thereto: | | |
| | (b) date and place of the death of the deceased; | | |
| | (c) the heirs of the deceased, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, and if any of such heirs he name of a suitable adult person whose interest is not adverse to that of the minor, who may be appointed guardian; | | |
| | (d) where the deceased at the date of his death was not domiciled in Sri Lanka, the country or place in which according to the applicant's information and belief he died domiciled; and | | |
| | (e) the capacity in which the applicant claims letters of administration and the facts which justify his doing so. | | |
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