32. (1) Upon the appointment of a customary heir of an intestate, such heir shall give or cause to be given notice of his appointment in the form set out in Schedule 3 to this Act to the personal representative and to the Administrator-General. (2) All signatures on the notice shall be attested by any one of the following, (i) Any agent appointed by the minister under the provisions of the Administrator-General’s Act; (ii) A justice of the peace; (iii) An advocate; (iv) A notary public; (v) A bank manager; (vi) A minister of religion authorized to celebrate marriages within Uganda; (vii) A medical practitioner; (viii) Any other person authorized in that behalf by the minister by statutory order; (3) If no notice has been received by the personal representative or by the Administrator-General within one year from the date of death of the intestate, the personal representative shall proceed to distribute the estate of the intestate on the basis that there is no customary heir. 33. (1) If, under the provisions of sections 27 to 32 inclusive of this Act, there is no person existing or reasonably ascertainable entitled to take any part of the property of an intestate such part or the whole, as the case may be, shall belong to the state. (2) If, at any time after such property or part thereof has been made over to the State, a person entitled to take it as his share pursuant to the provisions of section 28 of this Act is ascertained, it shall be lawful for the Minister to return that property or the proceeds thereof to such person in such manner as he may think fit. 34. Where a share in the property of an intestate is due to a child or any lineal descendant of a child of such intestate, no money or other property which such intestate may, during his life, have paid, given or settled to, or for the advancement of, the child to whom or to whose descendant such share is due shall be taken into account in estimating such share.” (e) By inserting immediately after section 46 thereof, the following, 46A. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 46 of this Act, where a person, by his will, disposes of all his property without making reasonable provision for the maintenance of his dependent relatives, the following provisions of section 46B shall apply. 46B. (1) Where a person dies domiciled in Uganda leaving a dependent relative then if the court, on application by or on behalf of the dependent relative of the deceased, is of opinion that the disposition of the deceased’s estate effected by his will, is not such as to make reasonable provision for the maintenance of that dependent relative,

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