314. In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires---
| (1) " appropriate District Court " means the District Court nominated by the Public Trustee, being the District Court of the district within which the applicant resides, or within which the testator resided at the time of his death, or within which any land belonging to the testator's estate is situate; " Public the Public Trustee of Sri Lanka appointed under the Public Trustee Ordinance and includes an additional Public Trustee, a deputy Public Trustee, or any other State officer generally or specially authorized by the Public Trustee to act on his behalf for the purposes of this Taw; |
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| (2) Where a form is required to be prescribed, the Minister shall do so by Order published in Gazette; |
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| (3) Where an order or notice is required to be served by the Public Trustee, such service shall be effected in the manner prescribed for the service of summons; |
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| (4) " Assessor" and " total estate " have the same meaning, as in the Estate Duly Ordinance. |
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