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If on death of annuitant intestate, the sum claimed does not exceed 10l., the same may be paid without production of letters of administration.
Penalty on false declaration.
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11. In case of the death of any party or nominee after the passing of this Act who is entitled to an annuity payable by the said commissioners under the authority of this or any other Act now in force or which may hereafter be in force, if such party shall die intestate, and letters of administration shall not be taken out to his or her effects, and if the sum claimed shall not exceed ten pounds, it shall be lawful for the said commissioners to pay the same, without the production of letters of administration, to any party, being one of the next of kin of the deceased, upon such party making a declaration to that effect, in such form as the said commissioners, or the comptroller general, or assistant comptroller acting under the said commissioners, shall think fit: Provided always, that in case such declaration shall be false, the party making the same shall be subject to the like penalty as is imposed in and by the said Act passed in the second and third years of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth. [1]
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