29. Section 530 of the principal enactment Is hereby repealed, and the following section substituted therefor :
| 530. (1) Where any person shall die in Sri Lanka without making a will, or where he has made a will which cannot be found, administration of his estate shall not be compulsory; but if the administration of such estate of the deceased is desired, an application for grant of administration of his property may' be made to the District Court of the district within which the applicant resides, or within which the deceased resided at the time of his death or within which any land belonging to the deceased's estate is situated. Every such application shall be made on petition by way of summary procedure, which petition shall set out in the numbered paragraphs prescribed by section 524, the relevant facts of the absence of the will, the death of the deceased, and the heirs of the deceased to the best of the petitioner's knowledge; the petition shall also show the character in which the petitioner claims and the facts which justify his doing so. The application shall also be supported by sufficient evidence to afford prima facie proof of the material allegations in the petition, and shall name the next of kin of the deceased as respondents. |
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| (2) (a) The petitioner shall tauter with the petition |
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