Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167:section:244:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 244 (pt 3/3)
Character Range: 740669–741504

may dismiss the petition.
 (13) Where proceedings have been commenced in a court for the administration of a deceased person's estate under a law of a State or Territory, a petition for an order under this section in relation to the estate shall not be presented by a creditor except by leave of the Court and on such terms and conditions (if any) as the Court thinks fit.
 (14) If the Court makes an order that the estate be administered under this Part, the creditor who obtained the order must, before the end of the period of 2 days beginning on the day the order was made, give a copy of the order to the Official Receiver.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
Note: See also section 277B (about infringement notices).
 (15) Subsection (14) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.