Receiver pending grant
39.  Where any person dies leaving property within Singapore, the court or a judge may, if it appears, on the application by motion of the official assigneeor of any person claiming to be interested in the property, or having the custody or control thereof at the time of the death of the deceased, or being at such time an attorney of the deceased, that there is danger that the property may be wasted, appoint the official assignee or such other person as the court or judge thinks fit, to be a receiver of the property pending a grant of probate or letters of administration.
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