# Debts (Deceased Servicemen etc) Act 1893, Section 16: Duty and representation where sums under 100l.


Where any surplus or residue, as the case may be, does not exceed one hundred pounds no duty shall be payable in the United Kingdom . . . . . . in respect thereof, and it shall not be necessary that representation to any deceased person be taken out for the purpose of obtaining payment thereof or of any part thereof under this Act from a paymaster or a Secretary of State, except in any prescribed case, or in any case where the Secretary of State requires it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/56-57/5/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/debts-deceased-servicemen-etc-act-1893/section-16
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