( 1) No right to any part of the property of a person who has died intestate can be established in any Court of Justice, unless letters of administration have first been granted by a Court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) This section shall not apply in the case of the intestacy of a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh, Jaina,¹[Indian Christian or Parsi].

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1. Substituted by Act 16 of 1962, section 3 for " or Indian Christian".