Indian Succession Act, 1925 · Chapter I: Of Grant of Probate and Letters of Administration
Section 232: Grant of administration to universal or residuary legatees
When—
(a) the deceased has made a will, but has not appointed an executor, or
(b) the deceased has appointed an executor who is legally incapable or refuses to act, or who has died before the testator or before he has proved the will, or
(c) the executor dies after having proved the will, but before he has administered all the estate of the deceased,
an universal or a residuary legatee may be admitted to prove the will, and letters of administration with the will annexed may be granted to him of the whole estate, or of so much thereof as may be unadministered.
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