The executor or administrator shall collect, with reasonable diligence, the property of the deceased and the debts that were due to him at the time of his death.
PART IX PROBATE, LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS OF DECEASED · CHAPTER VII.—Of the Duties of an Executor or Administrator
Section 319: As to property of, and debts owing to, deceased
The Indian Succession Act, 1925