# Debts (Deceased Servicemen etc) Act 1893, Section 20: Creditor administering not entitled to claim property.


A creditor, as such, shall not be deemed a person entitled to take out representation to the deceased within the meaning of this Act or to pay or secure the preferential charges; nor shall a creditor taking out representation be entitled as representative of the deceased to claim from a paymaster or the Secretary of State any part of the property of the deceased.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/56-57/5/section/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/debts-deceased-servicemen-etc-act-1893/section-20
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