370Restriction on grant of certificates under this part
(1) A succession certificate (hereinafter in this Part referred to as a certificate) shall not be granted under this Part with respect to any debt or security to which a right is required by section 212 or section 213 to be established by letters of administration or probate:
Provided that nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prevent the grant of a certificate to any person claiming to be entitled to the effects of a deceased Indian Christian, or to any part thereof, with respect to any debt or security, by reason that a right thereto can be established by letters of administration under this Act.
(2) For the purposes of this Part, "security" means--
(a) any promissory note, debenture, stock or other security of the Central Government or of a State Government;
(b) any bond, debenture, or annuity charged by Act of Parliament 1[of the United Kingdom] on the revenues of India;
(c) any stock or debenture of, or share in, a company or other incorporated institution;
(d) any debenture or other security for money issued by, or on behalf of, a local authority;
(e) any other security which the 2[State Government] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a security for the purposes of this Part.
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1. Ins. by the A. O. 1950.
2. The words "G.G. in C" have been successively amended by the A.O. 1937 and the A.O. 1950 to read as above.
- 370 Restriction on grant of certificates under this part
- 371 Court having jurisdiction to grant certificate
- 372 Application for certificate
- 373 Procedure on application
- 374 Contents of certificate
- 375 Requisition of security from grantee of certificate
- 376 Extension of certificate
- 377 Forms of certificate and extended certificate
- 378 Amendment of certificate in respect of powers as to securities
- 379 Mode of collecting court-fees on certificates
- 380 Local extent of certificate
- 381 Effect of certificate
- 382 Effect of certificate granted or extended by Indian representative in Foreign State and in certain other cases
- 383 Revocation of certificate
- 384 Appeal
- 385 Effect on certificate of previous certificate, probate or letters of administration
- 386 Validation of certain payments made in good faith to holder of invalid certificate
- 387 Effect of decisions under this Act, and liability of holder of certificate thereunder
- 388 Investiture of inferior courts with jurisdiction of District Court for purposes of this Act
- 389 Surrender of superseded and invalid certificates
- 390 Provisions with respect to certificates under Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827