surplus or residue to that executor or administrator for distribution to those persons. 331. Procedure where deceased has left property in Tanzania or Kenya. (1) Any person applying to the High Court for a grant of probate or letters of administration shall, if at that time or at any time after he or she has reason to believe that the deceased has left property in Tanzania or Kenya, notify the court to that effect. (2) The court may at the time of granting probate or letters of administration, or at any time after that, on being notified of the existence of property belonging to the deceased in either Tanzania or Kenya, order that no claims other than claims entitled to priority be paid until the expiration of a period not exceeding eighteen months from the making of the order. (3) A statement duly certified by the Supreme Court of Kenya or a High Court in Tanzania, and filed in the High Court of Uganda within the period ordered under subsection (2), showing the assets and liabilities of the estate of a deceased person within the respective jurisdictions of those courts, may be taken into account by an executor or administrator in Uganda, and the court may order that the assets be distributed in such manner as to secure the payment of all claims, other than those entitled to priority, rateably with those certified by the courts of Tanzania or Kenya as under this subsection. (4) The court may order that any balance remaining in the hands of an executor or administrator after payment of claims in Uganda, whether in full or rateably under the provisions of this section, may be transmitted in whole or in part to an executor or administrator of the estate in Tanzania or Kenya. (5) An executor or administrator acting in good faith under an order of the court as aforesaid shall not be liable to be sued in respect of that action. PART XL—LIABILITY OF AN EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVASTATION. 332. Liability of executor or administrator for devastation. When an executor or administrator misapplies the estate of the deceased, or

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