If an executor renounces or fails to accept an executorship within the time limited for the acceptance or refusal thereof, the will may be proved and letters of administration, with a copy of the will annexed, may be granted to the person who would be entitled to administration in case of intestacy.
PART IX PROBATE, LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS OF DECEASED · CHAPTER I.—Of Grant of Probate and Letters of Administration
Section 231: Procedure where executor renounces or fails to accept within time limited
The Indian Succession Act, 1925