The Attorney General V. Pedru

Present: Lascelles C.J. and De Sampayo A.J.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. PEDRU.

87-D. G. Galle, 4,132.

Testamentary proceedings-Newspapers produced that order nisi was advertised need not be stamped-Stamp Ordinance of 1909, schedule.

Newspapers produced in testamentary proceedings to prove that an order nisi for the administration of an estate has been duly advertised need not be stamped as exhibits.

THE question involved in this case was whether newspapers produced before the Court, to prove that an order nisi for administration of a deceased person's estate was duly advertised in terms of section 532 of the Civil Procedure Code, should be stamped as exhibits.

The following is the judgment of the District Judge (F. J. Smith, Esq.):-

1. The duties in testamentary proceedings fixed by Schedule B III. to Ordinance No. 22 of 1909 are more favourable to "estates" than those of Ordinance No. 3 of 1890, in that estates of under Rs. 2,500 are made free of stamps for the various pleadings, &c, enumerated; and also affidavits and affirmations attached to inventories or accounts no longer require stamping. The schedule, however, includes a fresh

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