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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