Indian Succession Act : Administration-bond. Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Succession Act,1925

Act No : 39

Section : Administration-bond.

291. Administration-bond.-(1) Every person to whom any grant ofletters of administration, other than a grant under section 241, iscommitted, shall give a bond to the District Judge with one or moresurety or sureties, engaging for the due collection, getting in, andadministering the estate of the deceased, which bond shall be in suchform as the Judge may, by general or special order, direct. (2) When the deceased was a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh orJaina or an exempted person-- (a) the exception made by sub-section (1) in respect of a grant under section 241 shall not operate. (b) the District Judge may demand a like bond from any person to whom probate is granted.