75. Section 530 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor:-
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| | (1) When any person shall die without making a will or where the will cannot be found, every 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 situate. 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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| | | (a) The petitioner shall tender with the petition-
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| (b) The petitioner may also tender with the petition the consent in writing of such respondents as consent to his application.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts