# The Indian Succession Act, 1925, Section 246: Administration for use and benefit of lunatic or minor

- Act: The Indian Succession Act, 1925 (Act 39 of 1925)
- In force from: 1925-09-30
- Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/succession-act/section/246/

## Text

If a sole executor or a sole universal or residuary legatee, or a person who would be solely entitled to the estate of the intestate according to the rule for the distribution of intestates' estates applicable in the case of the deceased, is a minor or lunatic, letters of administration with or without the will annexed, as the case may be, shall be granted to the person to whom the care ii)f his estate has been committed by competent authority, or, if there is no such person, to such other peron as the Court may think fit to appoint, for the use and benefit of the minor or lunatic until he attains majority or becomes of sound mind, as the case may be.

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