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\par In two actions it was sought to propound two wills of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7744041 o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13522303\charrsid7744041 
ne Shahbaz Khan deceased and a will of Bachwan deceased, who was the widow of Shahbaz Khan and died shortly after him. All three wills were opposed, and among the claimants were four nephews of Shahbaz Khan who resided in Afghanistan.
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\par }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13522303\charrsid7744041 Held: }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
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stances in which there was a possibility of all three wills failing the District Administrator had an interest }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13522303\charrsid7744041 by statute in the possible inte}{
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 (1845) 163 E. R. 1035; (1845) 1 Rob. Eccl. 270: }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4786925\charrsid7744041 Crispin v Doglioni}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4786925\charrsid7744041  (1860) 164 E. R. 897; 2 Sw. & Tr. 17: }{
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4786925\charrsid7744041  [1908] 2 Ch. 500; 99 L.T. 267.
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4786925\charrsid7744041 Application in Chambers by the District Administrator under the Administration of Estates Ordinance. Reported by direction.
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\i\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3549134\charrsid7744041 Order 12 rule 23 (Annual Practice 1934)
\par In Probate actions any person not named in the writ may intervene and appear in the action as heretofore, on filing an affidavit showing how he is interested in the estate of the deceased.
\par Leave to intervene is applied for on summons before a registrar as heretofore. Cf. Contentious Probate, Rule 6, and 0.16 r.10 (n).
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\par }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid4786925 D. M. N. MacFarlane }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 and }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid4786925 R. D. Mishra}{
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\par }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid4786925 F. M. K. Sherani}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  for the plaintiffs.
\par }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid4786925 D. N. Sahay}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  for the second defendant.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677728 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 First defendant in person.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11304051\charrsid7744041 
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 MILLS}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041 -}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 OWENS C.J.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 : [12th April, 1965}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11304051\charrsid7744041 ]-}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11304051\charrsid7744041 
\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 These are applications to intervene in the respective proceedings on the part of the District officer in h}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1992842\charrsid7744041 
is capacity as District Adminis}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 trator under the Administration of Estates Ordinance (Cap. 41). For convenience the applications
 were heard together as the same question arises in each case, namely whether the District Administrator is a person having an interest entitling him to intervene pursuant to Order XII rule 23 (Rules of the Supreme Court (1934)) in its application to the 
Colony.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5144506\charrsid7744041 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 Under section 3 of the Ordinance,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1992842\charrsid7744041  Chapter 41, the District Admin}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 istrator is placed under a duty to tak}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1992842\charrsid7744041 e possession of, and to adminis}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 ter, the estate of any pers}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1992842\charrsid7744041 on dying intestate and leaving}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  no widow, widower or adult next of kin residing in the Colony.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
In the Action No. 3 of 1964 a will of Shahbaz Khan dated the 27th September, 1963 is propounded. The action was commenced by his alleged widow Bachwan, now deceased. Shahbaz Khan died on the 29th May, 1964. The defendant Faiz Mohammed opposes that w
ill and propounds an earlier will dated the 18th November, 1960. The earlier will was opposed by Bachwan. Bachwan died in October, 1964, and the present plaintiffs in Action No. 3 were substituted for Bachwan as the nephews and four of the lawful next of 
kin of Shahbaz Khan deceased. They seek a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1992842\charrsid7744041  grant of letters of administra}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 tion with the (later) will annexed; }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1992842\charrsid7744041 they do not claim as on an inte}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
stacy. They reside in Afghanistan. It is claimed in the affidavit of the District Administrator that Shahbaz Khan was 
lawfully married to one Aliman, by whom he had no issue, but it is not clear whether she is alive. So far as is known Shahbaz Khan left no lawful next of kin residing in the Colony. Under the earlier will the defendant}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1992842\charrsid7744041  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 Faiz Mohammed is the sole beneficiary of the residuary estate.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
Under the later will Bachwan was given a life interest in the estate and directed to leave the estate in remainder to such of the testator's relations as she should be advised by the testator's Solicitors. It is claimed that Bachw
an died without carrying out or exercising this dir}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1992842\charrsid7744041 ection or power of appointment, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
and that in any event it is of doubtful validity.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1992842\charrsid7744041 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 In the Action No. 4 of 1964 a will of Bachwan (deceased) dated the 17th September, 1964, is propounded by the executor, the present 2nd defendant in Action No. 3, who }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4075019\charrsid7744041 with his wife are the sole bene}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 ficiaries under the will. It is oppo}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4075019\charrsid7744041 sed by the defendant Faiz Moham}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 med, but it is difficult to perceive the
 interest of Faiz Mohammed in Action No. 4. If he succeeds in propounding the earlier will of Shahbaz Khan in Action No. 3, in preference to the later will, that}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4075019\charrsid7744041  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 is an end of the matter so far as a grant is concerned.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 If he fails in Action No. 3 he has no interest in opposing the will of Bachwan deceased. He does not claim to be related to either of the deceased.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4075019\charrsid7744041 I}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
f the position ever arises that different persons claim the same property, the one in right of the estate of Shahbaz Khan and the other }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4075019\charrsid7744041 in }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 right of the estate of Bachwan, that will not be a matter to be }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4075019\charrsid7744041 d}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 ecided in these proceedings. It appears doubtful whether Bachwan }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4075019\charrsid7744041 l}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 eft separate estate. No one has come forward to claim as on an }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4075019\charrsid7744041 i}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 ntestacy in respect of her estate.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid208196\charrsid7744041 
\par I}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  have been referred by Mr. McFarlane, on behalf of the District Administrator, to the cases of }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
Kipping and Barlow v. Ash and Others}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  ,(1845) 163 E.R. 1035 and }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 Crispin v. Doglioni}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  (1860) 164 E.R. 897, as}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1723306\charrsid7744041  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
establishing the proposition that the bare possibility of an interest is sufficient
 to allow a person to come in to contradict the will. But both were cases in which the interest asserted was a beneficial interest in the estate. If the District Administrator had already taken possession and entered on the Administration of the estate of
 Shahbaz Khan, possibly that would be a sufficient interest, as it is said that an administrator stands in a favoured position (see }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 Dabbs v. Chisman}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  and }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1723306\charrsid7744041 J}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 ennens v. Lord Beauchamp }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 (}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1723306\charrsid7744041 1810) 161 E.R. 946). A creditor-}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
administrator has been held to have an }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1723306\charrsid7744041 interest entitling him to intervene}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  (ibid).}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 In the }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7287576 Goods o}{
\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 f Ann Chanter}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
 (1844) 163 E.R. 1036, on the other hand, was a case where the administrator had merely a limited grant entitling him to carry on certain Chancery proce}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7287576 edings; he was held to have no \lquote }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 interest}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7287576 \rquote }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
 in the estate but to be a mere nominee for the purpose of the Chan}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1723306\charrsid7744041 cery suit. The District Adminis}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
trator's position might be considered to be analogous.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
It is, however, to be considered whether the District Administrator has an interest in the sense of a
 duty to protect the interests of absent persons possibly beneficially entitled on intestacy; in other words that the word "intestate" in section 3 (1) of Chapter 41 includes a case where a will fails. The terms "intestate" and "intestacy" in their ordina
ry sense are associated with the question whether the deceased's estate is disposed of by will; in a technical sense, adopted in a Court of Probate, they may be used with reference to the question whether}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1723306\charrsid7744041  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 an executor is in existence (39 Halsbury p.843 note (g) ) .}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 In that sense there is a present intestacy wit}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1723306\charrsid7744041 h respect to the estate of Shah}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
baz Khan. It is evident also that these expressions may vary according to the context. In the case of }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 In re Ford, Ford v. Ford}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  [190212 Ch. 605 a will became wholly, inoperative in consequence of the death
\par of the sole executrix and legatee in the life}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 time of the testator.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14631703\charrsid7744041 It w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
as held that the testator died "intestate" for the purposes of section}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14631703\charrsid7744041  5 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 of the Statute of Distributions.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 Similarly, in the case of }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 In re Cuffe}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 , }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14631703\charrsid7744041 F}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 ooks v. }{
\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 C}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14631703\charrsid7744041 uffe }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13649077 [1}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 908}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13649077 ]}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  2 Ch. 500, where there was a lapse of all bene}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14631703\charrsid7744041 fi}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 cial interests under the will and the executor had pre}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 deceased the t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14631703\charrsid7744041 est}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 ator, it was held that the testator had died "intestate" for the purposes of enabling the widow to claim under the Intestates Estates }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14631703\charrsid7744041 A}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 ct, 1890. In both these cases an apparent testacy became, in the}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13649077  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13649077 ye}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
 of the law, an intestacy.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
The difficulty in approaching the present applications in the same way is that subsection (2) of section 3 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14631703\charrsid7744041 en}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
umerates the cases in which the District Administrator is to act }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14631703\charrsid7744041 w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 hen a will has been made.
\par 
\par The matter may however be approached in another way.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 The two }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14631703\charrsid7744041 wills}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  of Shahbaz Khan and the will of Bachwan are the subject of }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14631703\charrsid7744041 con}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 test and may all fail }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041 -}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  I do not, of course, imply that any one of}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14631703\charrsid7744041  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
the
m will fail. If they do all fail the District Administrator will be obliged to enter upon his functions under the Ordinance, Chapter .41; he will have no choice in the matter. If the later will of Shahbaz Khan is proved, the question will arise whether th
e direction or power of appointment was validly created; if it was invalid, the estate is presently undisposed of by that will. Further, there is doubt wheth}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7744041 er the direction or power of ap}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 p}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7744041 o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 
intment was carried out or exercised, which again might lead to a p
resent intestacy in respect of Shahbaz Khan's estate. Bachwan's will, also, is opposed and may possibly fail. In the circumstances the District Administrator is already a potential administrator of both estates. In effect he is a statutory representative 
of absent persons interested on intestacy. I do not think that cases such as }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 Kipping and Barlow v. Ash}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14631703\charrsid7744041 
 (supra) contem}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 plate a situation in which the proposed intervener is a statutory officer with functions such as are }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3104465\charrsid7744041 imposed upon the District Admin}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 istrator
, but they do point to the fact that the mere possibility of an interest is enough. If the wills in question are to fail it is obviously to the advantage of the absent next}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3104465\charrsid7744041 
 of kin that the District Admin}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 istrator should be made aware of the position, immediately and with}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3104465\charrsid7744041  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 certainty, so that he may enter upon his duties forthwith.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 The object of the Ordinance is to ensure that no prejudice occurs to the interests of absent next of kin.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 If the District Administrator is made a party to the proceedings all this wi
ll be secured. It will be no bar to the grant of letters of administration to next of kin, if the Court thinks fit (see section 3 (3) of Chapter 41).}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1377312\charrsid7744041  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 I hold that the District Administrator has an interest by statute in the possible intestacies and that such interest entitles him to intervene in these proceedings.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid208196\charrsid7744041 
\par }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3104465\charrsid7744041 Order :}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3104465\charrsid7744041  That the District Administrator be joined as a defendant}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  in both actions and that he enter an appearance within 8 days hereof.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15421895\charrsid7744041 
\par 
\par }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 Costs}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041  in the cause.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3104465\charrsid7744041 
\par }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 Order for joinder of District Administrator}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16723465\charrsid7744041 .
\par }}