"ملف ٤/١٨ السلطة القضائية على الأجانب في قطر: المرسوم الملكي البريطاني لقطر" [ظ‎‎٢‎٥‎٣] (٥٢٠/٥٠٦)

45 . Where a person to whom this Order applies is named
executor in a will and survives the testator, but either dies with
out having obtained probate or, having been called on by the
Court to apply for probate, does not appear, his right in respect
of the executorship wholly ceases; and, without further renuncia
tion, the representation of the testator and the administration
of his property shall go and may be committed as if that person
had not been appointed executor.
46 . Where it appears to the Court that the value of the pro
perty or estate of a deceased person subject to this Order does
not exceed 1,500 rupees the Court may, without any probate,
letters of administration or other formal proceeding, pay there
out any debts or charges and pay, remit or deliver any surplus
to such persons and in such manner as the Court thinks prouer,
and no member or Officer of the Court shall be liable to By
action, suit, or proceedings in respect of anything done under
this Article.
47 . The Foreign Jurisdiction Probates Order in Council,
I 935 '( a ) shall apply to all persons and to all property subject
to this Order.
48 . —(1) When the circumstances of the case appear to the
District Court so to require, for reasons recorded in its pro
ceedings, the Court may, if it thinks fit, of its own motion or
otherwise, grant letters of administration to an Officer of the
Court.
(2) The Officer so appointed shall act under the direction of
the Court, and shall be indemnified thereby.
(3) He shall publish such notices, if any, as the Court thinks
fit, in Qatar, the Persian Coast and Islands, Bombay, the
United Kingdom, and elsewhere.
(4) The Court shall require and compel him to file in the
proper Office of the Court his accounts of his administration
at intervals not exceeding three months, and shall forthwith
examine them and report thereon to the Chief Court.
(5) The accounts shall be audited under the direction of the
District Court.
(6) All expenses incurred on behalf of the Court in execution
of this article shall be the first charge on the estate of the
deceased as dealt with in accordance with the provisions of ttth
Order; and the Court shall, by the sale of that estate or othK-
wise, provide for the discharge of those expenses.
49 . In cases where parties are Muhammadans the District
Court may refer any question concerning probate of wills or
administration of property of deceased persons to whom this
Order applies to a Qazi for settlement under the general super
vision of the Court.