ADMINISTRATORS-GENERAL ACT, 1963
(1) This Act may be called the Administrators-General Act, 1963.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "assets" means all the property, movable and immovable, of a decease person, which is chargeable with and applicable to the payment of b debts and legacies, or available for distribution among his heirs and next of-kin;
(b) "letters of administration" includes any letters of administration whether general or with a copy of the will annexed or limited in time or otherwise
(c) "next-of-kin" includes awidower or widow of a deceased person, or an other person who by law would be entitled to letters of administration i preference to a creditor or legatee of the deceased: and
(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.
(1) The State Government shall appoint an Administrator-General for the State: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to bar the appointment of the same person as Administrator-General for two or more States.
(2) No person shall be appointed to the office of Administrator-General unless he has been for at least-
(a) seven years an advocate; or
(b) seven years an attorney of a High Court; or
(c) ten years a member of the judicial service of a State; or
(d) five years a Deputy Administrator-General.
(1) The State Government may appoint a Deputy or Deputies to assist the Administrator-General; and any Deputy so appointed shall, subject to the control of the State Government and the general or special orders of the Administrator-General, be competent to discharge any of the duties and to exercise any of the powers of the Administrator-General, and when discharging such duties or exercising such powers shall have the same privileges and be subject to the same liabilities as the Administrator-General.
(2) No person shall be appointed as a Deputy under this section unless he has been for at least three years-
(a) an advocate; or
(b) an attorney of a High Court; or
(c) a member of the judicial service of a State.
The Administrator-General shall be a corporation sole by the name of the Administrator-General of the State for which he is appointed, and, as such Administrator-General, shall have perpetual succession and an official seal, and may sue and be sued in his corporate name,
So far as regards the Administrator-General of any State, the High Court shall be deemed to be a Court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of granting probate or letters of administration under any law for the time being in force, wheresoever within the State the estate to be administered is situate: Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction of any district court.
Any letters of administration granted by the High Court shall be granted to the Administrator-General of the State unless they are granted to the next- of-kin of the deceased.
The Administrator-General of the State shall be deemed by all the courts in the State to have a right to letters of administration other than letters pendente lite in preference to that of- (a) a creditor; or
(b) a legatee, other than a universal legatee or a residuary legatee or the representative of a residuary legatee; or
(c) a friend of the deceased.
(1) If- (a) any person has died leaving within any State assets exceeding rupees 3 (1) 1. Substituted for 'fifteen' by the Administrators-General (Amendment) Act, 1983.3 (10000) [10000]Substituted for "[fifty] thousand ", vide THE ADMINISTRATORS-GENERAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999 (34 Of 1999), Dt. December 16, 1999 Published in Received the assent of the President on the 16th December, 1999 and was published in the Gazette of India, (Extra.), Part II Sec. 1, No. 47, dated December 16, 1999
[two lakhs"]in value, and
(b) (whether the obtaining of probate of his will or letters of administration to his estate is or is not obligatory), no person to whom any court would have jurisdiction to commit administration of such assets has, within one month after his death, applied in such State for such probate, or letters of administration, and
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(1) Whenever any person has died leaving assets within any State exceeding rupees 3 (1) 1. Substituted for 'fifteen' by the Administrators-General (Amendment) Act, 1983.3 (10001) [10001]Substituted for "[fifty] thousand ", vide THE ADMINISTRATORS-GENERAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999 (34 Of 1999), Dt. December 16, 1999 Published in Received the assent of the President on the 16th December, 1999 and was published in the Gazette of India, (Extra.), Part II Sec. 1, No. 47, dated December 16, 1999[two lakhs"]in value, and the High Court for that State is satisfied that there is imminent danger of misappropriation, deterioration or waste of such assets, requiring immediate action, the High Court may, upon the application of the Administrator-General or of any person interested in such assets or in the due administration thereof, forthwith direct the Administrator-General-
(a) to collect and ta
If, in the course of proceedings to obtain letters of administration under the provisions of (section 9)
or (section 10)
,- (a) any person appears and establishes his claim-
(i) to probate of the will of the deceased; or
(ii) to letters of administration as next-of-kin of the deceased, and gives such security as may be required of him by law; or
(b) any person satisfied the High Court that he has taken and is prosecuting with due diligence other proceedings for the protection of the estate, the case being one in which the obtaining of such probate or letters of administration is not obligatory under the provisions of the (Succession Act, 1925) ; or
(c) th
If, in the course of proceedings to obtain letters of administration under the provisions of (section 9)
or (section 10)
, and within such period as to the High Court seems reasonable, no person appears and establishes his claim to probate of a will, or to a grant of letters of administration as next-of-kin of the deceased, or satisfies the High Court that he has taken and is prosecuting with due diligence other proceedings for the protection of the estate, the case being one in which the obtaining of such probate or letters of administration is not obligatory under the provisions of the (Succession Act, 1925) , and the High Court is satisfied that there is apprehension of misappropriation, deterioration, or waste of the assets or that the grant of letters of administration in such proceedings is otherwise necessary for the protection
Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to preclude the Administrator- General from applying to the High Court for letters of administration in any case within the period of one month from the death of the deceased.
If an executor or next-of-kin of the deceased, who has not been personally served with a citation or who has not had notice thereof in time to appear pursuant thereto, establishes to the satisfaction of the High Court a claim to probate of will or to letters of administration in preference to the Administrator-General, any letters of administration granted in accordance with the provisions of this Act to the Administrator-General- and probate or letters of administration may be granted to such executor or next-of-kin as the case may be. (a) shall be revoked, if a will of the deceased is proved in the State;
(b) may be revoked, in other cases, if an application for that purpose is made within six months after the grant to the Administrator-General and the High Court is satisfied that there has been no unreasonable delay in making the application, or in transmitting the authority un
If any letters of administration granted to the Administrator-General in accordance with the provisions of this Act are revoked, the High Court may order the costs of obtaining such letters of administration, and the whole or any part of any fees which would otherwise have been payable under this Act, together with the costs of the Administrator-General in any proceedings taken to obtain such revocation, to be paid to or retained by the Administrator-General out of the estate: Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of clauses (c) and (d) of sub-section (2) of (section 10)
If any letters of administration granted to the Administrator-General in accordance with the provisions of this Act are revoked, the same shall, so far as regards the Administrator-General and all persons acting under his authority in pursuance thereof, be deemed to have been only voidable, except as to any act done by any such Administrator-General or other person as aforesaid, after notice of a will or of any other fact which would render such letters void: Provided that no notice of a will or of any other fact which would render any such letters void shall affect the Administrator-General or any person acting under his authority in pursuance of such letters unless, within the period of one month from the time of giving such notice, proceedings are commenced to prove the will, or to cause the letters to be revoked, and such proceedings are prosecuted without unreasonable delay.
If any letters of administration granted to the Administrator-General in accordance with the provisions of this Act are revoked, upon the grant of probate of a will, or upon the grant of letters of administration with a copy of the will annexed, all payments made or acts done by or under the authority of the Administrator-General in pursuance of such letters of administration, prior to the revocation, which would have been valid under any letters of administration lawfully granted to him with a copy of such will annexed, shall be deemed valid notwithstanding such revocation.
Whenever any Administrator-General applies for letters of administration in accordance with the provisions of this Act, it shall be sufficient if the petition required to be presented for the grant of such letters states,- (i) the time and place of the death of the deceased to the best of the knowledge and belief of the petitioner;
(ii) the names and addresses of the surviving next-of-kin of the deceased, if known;
(iii) the particulars and value of the assets likely to come into the hands of the petitioner;
(iv) particulars of the liabilities of the estate, if known.
All probates or letters of administration granted to any Administrator- General shall be granted to him by that name.
(1) Probate or letters of administration granted by the High Court to the Administrator-General of any State shall have effect over all the assets of the deceased throughout India and shall be conclusive as to the representative title against all debtors of the deceased and all persons holding such assets, and shall afford full indemnity to all debtors paying their debts and all persons delivering up such assets to such Administrator-General.
(2) Whenever a grant of probate or letters of administration is made by a High Court to the Administrator-General, the High Court shall send to the High Courts for the other States a certificate that such grant has been made, and such certificate shall be filed by the High Court receiving the same.
(3) Any probate or letters of administration granted by the High Court for the State of Jammu and Ka
[Omitted by the Central Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 1968.]
(1) Any private executor or administrator may, with the previous consent of the Administrator-General of the State in which any of the assets of the estate, in respect of which such executor or administrator has obtained probate or letters of administration, are situate by an instrument in writing under his hand notified in the Official Gazette, transfer the assets of the estate, vested in him by virtue of such probate or letters to the Administrator-General by that name or any other sufficient description.
(2) As from the date of such transfer, the transferor shall be exempt from all liability as such executor or administrator, as the case may be, except in respect of acts done before the date of such transfer, and the Administrator-General shall have the rights which he would have had, and be subject to the liabilities to which he would have been subject, if the probate or lette
(1) When the Administrator-General has given the prescribed notice to creditors and others to send in to him their claims against the estate of the deceased, he shall, at the expiration of the time therein named for sending in claims, be at liberty to distribute the assets or any part thereof in discharge of such lawful claims as he has notice of.
(2) The Administrator-General shall not be liable for the assets so distributed to any person of whose claims he had no notice at the time of such distribution.
(3) No notice of any claim which has been sent in and has been rejected or disallowed in part by the Administrator-General shall affect him, unless proceedings to enforce such claim are commenced within one month after notice of the rejection or disallowance of such claim has been given in the prescribed manner and unless such proceed
(1) When the Administrator-General has, so far as may be, discharged all the liabilities of an estate administered by him, he shall notify the fact in the Official Gazette, and he may, by an instrument in writing with the consent of the Official Trustee and subject to any rules made by the State Government, appoint the Official Trustee to be the trustee of any assets then remaining in his hands.
(2) Upon such appointment, such assets shall vest in the Official Trustee as if he had been appointed trustee in accordance with the (OFFICIAL TRUSTEES ACT, 1913) , and shall be held by him upon the same trusts as the same were held immediately before such appointment.
The High Court may, on application made to it by the Administrator- General or any person interested in the assets or in the due administration thereof, give to the Administrator-General of the State any general or special directions as to any estate in his charge or in regard to the administration of any such estate.
No Administrator-General shall be required by any Court to enter into any administration bond, or to give other security to the Court, on the grant of any letters of administration to him by that name.
No Administrator-General shall be required to verify, otherwise than by his signature, any petition presented by him under the provisions of this Act, and, if the facts stated in any such petition are not within his own personal knowledge, the petition may be subscribed and verified by any person compe- tent to make verification.
The entry of the Administrator-General by that name in the books of a company shall not constitute notice of a trust, and a company shall not be entitled to object to entering the name of the Administrator-General on its register by reason only that the Administrator-General is a corporation, and in dealing with assets the fact that the person dealt with is the Administrator-General shall not of itself constitute notice of a trust.
(1) Whenever any person has died leaving assets within any State and the Administrator-General of such State is satisfied that such assets, excluding any sum of money deposited in a Government Savings Bank or in any provident fund to which the (PROVIDENT FUNDS ACT, 1925) , apply, did not at the date of death exceed in the whole 3 (10002) [10002]Substituted for "[fifty] thousand ", vide THE ADMINISTRATORS-GENERAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999 (34 Of 1999), Dt. December 16, 1999 Published in Received the assent of the President on the 16th December, 1999 and was published in the Gazette of India, (Extra.), Part II Sec. 1, No. 47, dated December 16, 1999[two lakhs"]rupees in value, he may grant to any person, claiming otherwise than as a creditor to be interested in such assets or in the due administration thereof, a certificate under his hand entitling the claimant to receive the assets therein mentioned left by the deceased within the
(1) If, in cases falling within (section 29) , no person claiming to be interested otherwise than as a creditor in such assets or in the due administration thereof obtains, within three months of the death of the deceased, a certificate from the Administrator-General under that section, or probate of a will or letters of administration of the estate of the deceased, the Administrator-General may administer the estate without letters of administration, in the same manner as if such letters had been granted to him.
(2) If the Administrator-General neglects or refuses to administer such estate, he shall, upon the application of a creditor, grant a certificate to him in the same manner as if he were interested in such assets otherwise than as a creditor; and such certificate shall have the same effect as and certificate granted under the provisions of (section 29) , and shall be subje
The Administrator-General shall not be bound to grant any certificate under (section 29)
or (section 30)
unless he is satisfied after making such inquiry as he thinks fit of the title of the claimant and of the value of the assets left by the deceased within the State.
The holder of a certificate granted in accordance with the provisions of (section 29)
or (section 30 )
shall have in respect of the assets specified in such certificate the same powers and duties, and be subject to the same liabilities as he would have had or been subject to if letters of administration had been granted to him: Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to require any person holding such certificate,- (a) to file accounts or inventories of the assets of the deceased before any court or other authority; or
( b) save as provided in (section 30) , to give any bond for the due administration of the estate.
(1) The Administrator-General may revoke a certificate granted under the provisions of (section 29) or (section 30) on any of the following grounds, namely:-
(i) that the certificate was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation made to him;
(ii) that the certificate was obtained by means of an untrue allegation of a fact essential in law to justify the grant though such allegation was made in ignorance or inadvertently.
(2) No certificate shall be revoked under this section unless the holder of the certificate has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause why the certificate should not be so revoked.
34:Surrender of revoked certificate
(1) When a certificate is revoked in accordance with the p
(1) When a certificate is revoked in accordance with the provisions of Section 33, the holder thereof shall, on the requisition of the Administrator-General, deliver it up to such Administrator-General, but shall not be entitled to the refund of any fee paid thereon.
(2) If such person wilfully and without reasonable cause omits to deliver up the certificate, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
When a certificate is revoked in accordance with the provisions of (section 33)
, all payments made in good faith under such certificate to the holder thereof before such revocation, shall, notwithstanding such revocation,be a legal discharge to the person making the payment and the holder of such certificate may retain, and reimburse himself in respect of, any payments made by him which the person to whom a certificate or probate or letters of administration may afterwards be granted might lawfully have made.
The Administrator-General shall not be bound to take out letters of administration of the estate of any deceased person on account of the assets in respect of which he grants any certificate under (section 29)
or (section 30)
, but he may do so if he revokes such certificate under (section 33)
, or ascertains that the value of the estate exceeded [two lakhs"] rupees.
Where- (a) a person not having his domicile in any State in India has died leaving assets in any State and in the country in which he had his domicile at the time of his death, and
(b) proceedings for the administration of his estate with respect to assets in any such State have been taken under (section 29) or (section 30) , and
(c) there has been a grant of administration in the country of domicile, withrespect to the. assets in that country, the holder of the certificate granted under (section 29) or (section 30) , or the Administrator-General, as the case may be, after having given the prescribed notice for creditors and others to send in to him their claims against the estate of the deceased, and after having discharged, at the expiration of the time there in named, such lawful claims as he has notice of, may, instead of himself di
The Government shall be liable to make good all sunns required to discharge any liability which the Administrator-General, if he were a private administrator, would be personally liable to discharge, except when the liability is one to which neither the Administrator-General nor any of his officers has in any way contributed, or which neither he nor any of his officers could, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, have averted, and in either of those cases the Administrator-General shall not, nor shall the Government, be subject to any liability.
(1) If any suit be brought by a creditor against any Administrator-General, such creditor shall be liable to pay the costs of the suit unless he proves that not less than one month previous to the institution of the suit he had applied in writing to the Administrator-General, stating the amount and other particulars of his claim, and had given such evidence in support thereof as, in the circumstances of the case, the Administrator-General was reasonably entitled to require.
(2) If any such suit is decreed in favour of the creditor, he shall, never the less, unless he is a secured creditor, be only entitled to payment of the amount decreed or ordered by the court to be paid out of the assets of the deceased equally and rateable with the other creditors.
Nothing in (S.80 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908) , shall apply to any suit against the Administrator-General in which no relief is claimed against him personally.
(1) There shall be charged in respect of the duties of the Administrator-General such fees, whether by way of percentage or otherwise, as may be prescribed by the State Government.
(2) The fees under this section may be at different rates for different estates or classes of estates or for different duties, and shall, so far as may be, be arranged so as produce an amount sufficient to discharge the salaries and all other expenses incidental to the working of this Act, (including such sum as the State Government may determine to be required to insure the Government against loss under this Act).
(1) Any expenses which might be retained or paid out of any estate in the charge of the Administrator-General, if he were a private Administrator of such estate shall be so retained or paid and the fees described under (section 41) shall be retained or paid in like manner as and in addition to such expenses.
(2) The Administrator-General shall transfer and pay to such authority in such manner and at such time as the State Government may prescribe, all fees received by him under this Act, and the same shall be carried to the account and the credit of the Government.
The accounts of every Administrator-General shall be audited at least once annually and at any other time if the State Government so directs, by the prescribed person and in the prescribed manner.
The auditors shall examine the accounts and forward to the State Government a statement thereof in the prescribed form, together with a report thereon and a certificate signed by them showing- or (as the case may be) that such accounts are deficient, or that the Administrator-General has failed to comply with this Act or the rules made thereunder,in such respects as may be specified in such certificate. (a) whether the accounts have been audited in the prescribed manner;
( b) whether, so far as can be ascertained by such audit, the accounts contain a full and true account of everything which ought to be inserted therein;
(c) whether the books which by any rules made under this Act are directed to be kept by the Administrator-General, have been duly and regularly kept; and
(d) whether the as
(1) Every auditor shall have all the powers vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), when trying a suit, in respect of the following matters, namely :-
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath;
(b) discovery and inspection ;
(c) compelling the production of documents ; and
(d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses.
(2) Any person who when summoned refuses, or, without reasonable cause, neglects to attend or to produce any document or thing or attends and refuses to be sworn, or to be examined, shall be deemed to have committed an offence within the meaning of, and punishable under, (S.188 of the Indian Penal
The costs of and incidental of such audit and examination shall be determined in accordance with rules made by the State Government, and shall be defrayed in the prescribed manner.
The Administrator-General may, in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other powers of expenditure lawfully exercisable by him, incur expenditure- (a) on such acts as may be necessary for the proper care and management of any property belonging to any estate in his charge ; and
(b) with the sanction of the High Court, on such religious, charitable and other objects, and on such improvements as may be reasonable and proper in the case of such property.
(1) The Administrator-General may, whenever he desires, for the purposes of this Act, to satisfy himself regarding any question of fact, exercise all the powers vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), when trying a suit, in respect of the following matters, namely:-
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath;
(b) discovery and inspection ;
(c) compelling the production of documents ; and
(d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses.
(2) The provisions of sub-section (2) of (section 45 ) shall apply in relation to a person summoned by the Administrator-General under this section as they apply in relation to a perso
Any person interested in the administration of any estate which is in the charge of the Administrator-General shall, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, be entitled at all reasonable times to inspect the accounts relating to such estate and the reports and certificates of the auditor, and on payment of the prescribed fee, to copies thereof and extracts therefrom.
Whoever, during any examination authorised by this Act, makes upon oath a statement which is false and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, shall be deemed to have intentionally given false evidence in a stage of ajudicial proceeding.
All assets in the charge of the Administrator-General which have been in his custody for a period of twelve years or upwards, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, without any application for payment thereof having been made and granted by him shall be transferred, in the prescribed manner, to the account and credit of the Government : Provided that this section shall not authorise the transfer of any such assets as aforesaid, if any suit or proceeding is pending in respect thereof in any court.
(1) If any claim is hereafter made to any part of the assets transferred to the account and credit of the Government under the provisions of this Act, or any Act hereby repealed, and if such claim is established to the satisfaction of the prescribed authority, the State Government shall pay to the claimant the amount of the principal so transferred to its account and credit or so much thereof as has been found by the said authority to be due to the claimant.
(2) If the claim is not established to the satisfaction of the prescribed authority, the claimant may, without prejudice to his right to take any other proceedings for the recovery of such assets, apply by petition to the High Court against the State Government and such Court, after taking such evidence as it thinks fit, shall make such order in regard to the payment of the whole or any part of the said principal sum as it thi
Nothing contained in (Succession Act, 1925) , or (Companies Act, 1956) , shall be taken to supersede or affect the lights, duties and privileges of any Administrator-General.
Nothing contained in (SUCCESSION ACT, 1925) or in this Act, shall be deemed to affect, or to have affected, any law for the time being in force relating to the movable property under four hundred rupees in value of persons dying intestate within any of the presidency-towns which shall be or has been taken charge of by the police for the purpose of safe custody.
Any order made under this Act by any court shall have the same effect as a decree.
Notwithstanding anything in this Act, or in any other law for the time being in force, the Central Government may, by general or special order, direct that, where a subject of a foreign State dies in India, and it appears that there is no one in India, other than the Administrator-General, entitled to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for letters of administration of the estate of the deceased, letters of administration shall, on the application to such court by any Consular Officer of such foreign State, be granted to such Consular Officer on such terms and conditions as the Court may, subject to any rules made in this behalf by the Central Government, thinks fit to impose.
It shall not be necessary for the Administrator-General to take out letters of administration of the estate of any deceased person which is being administered by him in accordance with the provisions of the (ARMY AND AIR FORCE (DISPOSAL OF PRIVATE PROPERTY) ACT, 1950) , or (Navy Act, 1957) , if the value of such estate does not, on the date when such administration is committed to him, exceed rupees two thousand, but he shall have the same power in regard to such estate as he would have had if letters of administration had been granted to him.
If the Administrator-General applies in accordance with the provisions of the (ARMY AND AIR FORCE (DISPOSAL OF PRIVATE PROPERTY) ACT, 1950) ,or (Navy Act, 1957) , for letters of administration of the estate of any person subject to the (Army Act, 1950) , or (Air Force Act, 1950) , or (Navy Act, 1957) , the court may grant to him letters of administration limited to the purpose of dealing with such estate in accordance with the provisions of the (ARMY AND AIR FORCE (DISPOSAL OF PRIVATE PROPERTY) ACT, 1950) , or, as the case may be, (Navy Act, 1957)
Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the provisions of the (ARMY AND AIR FORCE (DISPOSAL OF PRIVATE PROPERTY) ACT, 1950) , or (Navy Act, 1957) .
Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the provisions of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908)
The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules as to the terms and conditions on which letters of administration may be granted to Consular Officers under (section 56)
(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act, and for regulating the proceedings of the Administrator-General.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for-
(a) the accounts to be kept by the Administrator-General and the audit and inspection thereof;
(b) the safe custody, deposit and investment of assets and securities which come into the hands of the Administrator-General ;
(c) the remittance of sums of money in the hands of the Administrator- General in cases in which such remittances are required ;
(d) subject to the provisions of this Act, the fees to be
Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days, which may be comprised in one session or 3 (5) 5. Substituted for "in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following", by the Administrators-General (Amendment) Act, 1983. [in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid], both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.
(1) (The Administrator-General's Act, 1913 (3 of 1913)) , is hereby repealed.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the (General Clauses Act, 1897) , relating to the effect of repeals, the repeal effected by this section shall not affect the incorporation of any person holding the office of Administrator-General at the commencement of this Act.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section the provisions of (section 59B of the Administrator-General's Act, 1913 (3 of 1913)) , shall continue to apply as if that Act had not been repealed.
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