Section 275: Service persons on enlistment to register the name of personal representative in case of death

(1) A person subject to service law under this Act shall on enlistment-
(a) declare the name of the person or persons to whom, in the event of his dying without having made a valid will, any money or personal property belonging to him should be paid or delivered;
(b) direct that his estate is to be administered by the Customary Court (by whatever name called) of some named place according to the customs of his tribe.
(2) The name of a person declared under subsection (1) of this section and the record shall be verified periodically and the person who made the declaration shall promptly report any alteration he wishes to make to the record.
(3) An officer of the Armed Forces or of the Accountant-General or any public department, having in his or its charge or control any pay, accumulation of pay, gratuity or other allowance or fund or any personal property or money belonging to a person subject to service law under this Act dying intestate who has complied with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, may pay or deliver the same to the person whose name has been recorded, or to the Customary Court which has jurisdiction in the place named by that person in the prescribed manner.