Navy Act, 1957 · Chapter XIX: Disposal of the Private Property of Persons Deceased, Missing, Etc.
Section 179: Saving of rights of representative
Nothing in this Chapter shall affect the rights and duties of the representative of a deceased [sailor] or officer or any Administrator-General, in respect of the property of such deceased [sailor] or officer not collected by the commanding officer or the Committee, as the case may be, and not forming part of the surplus handed over to the prescribed person either under sub-section (7) of section 171 or clause (ii) of section 172.
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