Where any part of the estate of a deceased
officer or 1[sailor] consists of effects, securities or other property not converted into money, the
provisions of sub-section (7) of section 171 or clause (ii) of section 172 and section 176 with respect to
the payment of the surplus shall, save as may be prescribed, extend to the delivery, transmission or
transfer of such effects, securities or property, and the prescribed person shall have the same power of
converting the same into money as a legal representative of the deceased.
1. Subs. by Act 53 of 1974, s. 2, for "seaman" (w.e.f. 16-12-74).