after the death, then the same shall be remitted to the prescribed person:
Provided that such remission shall not bar the claim of any person to such surplus or any part
thereof.
(6) In the case of a deserter, the surplus, if any, shall be forthwith remitted to the prescribed
person and shall, on the expiry of three years from the date of his desertion, be forfeited
to the State, unless the deserter shall in the meantime have surrendered or been
apprehended.
(7) The decision of the commanding officer as to what are the service and other debts in
camp or quarters of a deceased person or a deserter and as to the amount payable
therefor shall be final.
190. Disposal of certain property without production of probate, etc. (other than officers
and warrant officers). Property deliverable and money payable to the representative, widow or
next of kin, of a deceased person under section 189 may, if the total value or amount thereof does not
exceed one thousand rupees, and if the prescribed person thinks fit, be delivered or paid to any
person appearing to him to be entitled to receive it or to administer the estate of the deceased,
without requiring the pro duction of any probate, letters of administration, certificate or other such
conclusive evidence of title ; and such delivery or payment shall be a full discharge to those ordering
or making the same and to the Govern ment from all further liability in respect of the property or
money ; but nothing in this section shall affect the rights of any executor or administrator or other
representative, or of any creditor of a deceased person against any person to whom such delivery or
payment has been made. [:]1
1[Provided that when the deceased person was attached to, or formed part of a force which was
not on active service, the commanding officer shall obtain from the representative, widow, or next of
kin to
1 Subs. and added by the Pakistan Air Force (Amdt.) Act, 1992 (30 of 1992), s. 4.
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