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P-17.1 - Probate Court Act

Section 25
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Administration of pension estate
25(1)For the purposes of this section,
(a) “pension estate” means money payable as an old age pension or as a pension to a blind person under the Blind Persons Act, chapter B-7 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, or the Old Age Security Act, chapter O-6 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, with respect to a person deceased and includes a cheque for pension payable to such person but not endorsed by him, where the amount payable does not exceed three thousand dollars;
(b) “pensioner” means a person who has been awarded a pension under the Blind Persons Act or the Old Age Security Act.
25(2)Upon being satisfied that a pensioner has died intestate two months previously leaving a pension estate and that no other person has been or is likely to be granted administration of the pension estate, the Public Trustee may, without letters of administration or order from the Court, enter upon administration of the pension estate.
25(3)Where the Public Trustee enters upon administration of the pension estate of a deceased pensioner he is, ipso facto, administrator of the pension estate.
25(4)Endorsement by the Public Trustee of a pension cheque payable to a deceased pensioner, or to the estate of a deceased pensioner or to the administrator of the estate of a deceased pensioner, is sufficient evidence that he is administrator of the pension estate.
25(5)The Public Trustee may pay the pension estate to any relative by blood or connection by marriage of a deceased pensioner or any other person appearing to him or her to be equitably entitled to the same by reason of having incurred expense for the maintenance, medical attention or burial of the deceased pensioner or to have a claim against the estate of the pensioner in relation to any such expense, or he or she may distribute the estate among the said several persons as he or she sees fit.
25(6)The costs of administration of a pension estate shall not be a charge upon the estate.
25(7)This section applies to the pension estates of deceased pensioners who died before the coming into force of this Act as well as those who die thereafter.
2005, c.P-26.5, s.29
Administration of pension estate
25(1)For the purposes of this section,
(a) “pension estate” means money payable as an old age pension or as a pension to a blind person under the Blind Persons Act, chapter B-7 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, or the Old Age Security Act, chapter O-6 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, with respect to a person deceased and includes a cheque for pension payable to such person but not endorsed by him, where the amount payable does not exceed three thousand dollars;
(b) “pensioner” means a person who has been awarded a pension under the Blind Persons Act or the Old Age Security Act.
25(2)Upon being satisfied that a pensioner has died intestate two months previously leaving a pension estate and that no other person has been or is likely to be granted administration of the pension estate, the Public Trustee may, without letters of administration or order from the Court, enter upon administration of the pension estate.
25(3)Where the Public Trustee enters upon administration of the pension estate of a deceased pensioner he is, ipso facto, administrator of the pension estate.
25(4)Endorsement by the Public Trustee of a pension cheque payable to a deceased pensioner, or to the estate of a deceased pensioner or to the administrator of the estate of a deceased pensioner, is sufficient evidence that he is administrator of the pension estate.
25(5)The Public Trustee may pay the pension estate to any relative by blood or connection by marriage of a deceased pensioner or any other person appearing to him or her to be equitably entitled to the same by reason of having incurred expense for the maintenance, medical attention or burial of the deceased pensioner or to have a claim against the estate of the pensioner in relation to any such expense, or he or she may distribute the estate among the said several persons as he or she sees fit.
25(6)The costs of administration of a pension estate shall not be a charge upon the estate.
25(7)This section applies to the pension estates of deceased pensioners who died before the coming into force of this Act as well as those who die thereafter.
2005, c.P-26.5, s.29
Administration of pension estate
25(1)For the purposes of this section,
(a) “pension estate” means money payable as an old age pension or as a pension to a blind person under the Blind Persons Act, chapter B-7 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, or the Old Age Security Act, chapter O-6 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, with respect to a person deceased and includes a cheque for pension payable to such person but not endorsed by him, where the amount payable does not exceed three thousand dollars;
(b) “pensioner” means a person who has been awarded a pension under the Blind Persons Act or the Old Age Security Act.
25(2)Upon being satisfied that a pensioner has died intestate two months previously leaving a pension estate and that no other person has been or is likely to be granted administration of the pension estate, the Public Administrator may, without letters of administration or order from the Court, enter upon administration of the pension estate.
25(3)Where the Public Administrator enters upon administration of the pension estate of a deceased pensioner he is, ipso facto, administrator of the pension estate.
25(4)Endorsement by the Public Administrator of a pension cheque payable to a deceased pensioner, or to the estate of a deceased pensioner or to the administrator of the estate of a deceased pensioner, is sufficient evidence that he is administrator of the pension estate.
25(5)The Public Administrator may pay the pension estate to any relative by blood or connection by marriage of a deceased pensioner or any other person appearing to him to be equitably entitled to the same by reason of having incurred expense for the maintenance, medical attention or burial of the deceased pensioner or to have a claim against the estate of the pensioner in relation thereto, or he may distribute the estate amongst the said several persons as he sees fit.
25(6)The costs of administration of a pension estate shall not be a charge upon the estate.
25(7)This section applies to the pension estates of deceased pensioners who died before the coming into force of this Act as well as those who die thereafter.