Any one or more of the following circumstances must first exist before the Administrator-General will intervene:

• Where a person dies without leaving a Will, and a minor is entitled to a share of the estate of the deceased;
  
• Where the Administrator-General is appointed the Executor under a valid Will;
  
• Where a valid Will was made, but no Executor was named or the named Executor has died before acting or during the course of the execution of his/her duties, renounces or refuses to act;
  
• Where the deceased person is not survived by any eligible relatives and consequently, the residue of such a person’s estate falls to the Crown as bona vacantia.
  
• Where the whereabouts of beneficiaries are unknown;