Where, by the terms of a bequest, the legatee is entitled to the immediate payment or possession of the money or thing bequeathed, but is a minor and there is no direction in the will to pay it to any person on his behalf, the executor or administrator shall pay or deliver the same into the Court of the District Judge by whom, or by whose District Delegate, the probate, was, or letters of administration with the will annexed were, granted to the account of the legatee, unless the legatee be a ward of the Court of Wards ;
and if the legatee be a ward of the Court of Wards, the legacy shall be paid into that Court to his account ;
and such payment into the Court of the District Judge, or into the Court of Wards, as the case may be, shall be a sufficient discharge for the money so paid ;
and such money, when paid in, shall be invested in the purchase of Government securities, which, with the interest thereon, shall be transferred or paid to the person entitled thereto, or otherwise applied for his benefit, as the Judge or the Court of Wards, as the case may be, may direct.
and if the legatee be a ward of the Court of Wards, the legacy shall be paid into that Court to his account ;
and such payment into the Court of the District Judge, or into the Court of Wards, as the case may be, shall be a sufficient discharge for the money so paid ;
and such money, when paid in, shall be invested in the purchase of Government securities, which, with the interest thereon, shall be transferred or paid to the person entitled thereto, or otherwise applied for his benefit, as the Judge or the Court of Wards, as the case may be, may direct.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Application.Section 3 · Interpretation clause.Section 4 · Character and property of executor or administrator as suchSection 5 · Administration with copy annexed of authenticated copy of will proved abroad.Section 6 · Probate only to appointed executor.Section 7 · Appointment, express or implied.Section 8 · Persons to whom probate cannot be grantedIndia Code, Government of India. Text fetched 16 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.