239. When and how district delegate to interfere for protection of property. Until probate is granted of the will of a deceased person, or an administrator of his or her estate is constituted, the district delegate, within whose jurisdiction any part of the property of the deceased person is situate, is authorised and required to interfere for the protection of that property at the instance of any person claiming to be interested in it, and in all other cases where the delegate considers that the property incurs any risk of loss or damage; and for that purpose, if he or she sees fit, to appoint an officer to take and keep possession of the property. 240. When probate or administration may be granted by district delegate. Probate of the will or letters of administration to the estate of a deceased person may be granted by the district delegate under the seal of his or her court, if it appears by a petition, verified as hereafter provided, of the person applying for the probate or letters of administration, that the testator or intestate, as the case may be, at the time of his or her decease, had a fixed place of abode, or any property, movable or immovable, within the jurisdiction of the delegate. 241. Disposal of application made to district delegate of place where deceased had no fixed abode. When an application is made to a district delegate in a district or area in which the deceased had no fixed abode at the time of his or her death, it shall be in the discretion of the delegate to refuse the application, if, in his or her judgment, it could be disposed of more justly or conveniently in another district or area, or, where the application is for letters of administration, to grant them absolutely or limited to the property within his or her own jurisdiction. 242. Conclusiveness of probate or letters of administration. (1) Probate or letters of administration shall have effect over all the property and estate, movable or immovable, of the deceased, throughout Uganda, and shall be conclusive as to the representative title against all debtors of the deceased, and all persons holding property which belongs to him or her.