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| (1) Where any person has, prior to the appointed date, died in Sri Lanka leaving an estate, and testamentary proceedings have not been instituted in any court in respect of such estate before the appointed date, such proceedings may be taken before the Public Trustee under this Chapter. |
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| (2) Where any court of probate or other authority in any foreign country has granted probate or letters of administration in respect of the estate of a deceased person and such probate or letters of administration have, prior to the appointed date, not been produced before a court in Sri Lanka, such probate or letters of administration may be produced before the Public Trustee under this Chapter. |
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