bid no, 65 of rp67  the army, air force and naval law (amendment) bill, 1968 a billfurther to amend the army and air force (disposal oj private property) act, 1950 and the navy act, 1957 be it enacted by parliament in the nineteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the army, air force and naval law short title (amemiment) act, 1968 5 2 in section 10 of the army and air force (disposal of private amend-property) act, 1950, for the words "five thousand", the words "ten ment ot thousand" shall be substituted section 10 of act 40 ot 1950 3 in clause (b) of section 176 of the navy act, 1957, for the amendwords "five thousand rupees in value, the prescribed person may " ment ot 10 the words "ten thousand rupees in value and" shall be substituted section  176 of act 62 at 195'7  statement of objects and reasonsunder section 10 of the army and air force (disposal of private property) act, 1950, movable property and money belonging to a person subject to the army act, 1950, or the air force act, 1950, may be delivered or paid by the prescribed authority to the persons appearing to such authority to be entitled to such property and money, without requiring the production of any probare, letters of administration, succession certificate or other such conclusive evidence of title this provision, howerver, applies only where the total amount or value of the property and money does not exceed five thousan'd rupees in cases where the total amount or value exceeds five thousand rupees, the heirs of the deceased person are required to establish their title by production of evidence as mentioned above in the case of persons subject to the navy act, 1957, section 176 of that act makes provisions similar to those contained in section 10 of the army and air force (disposal of private property) act, 1950 2 obtaining of a succession certificate or other evidence of title as aforesai'cl from a court of law involves expensive, troublesome and time-consuming procedure the figures of the last few years indicate that a large number of cases where the amount or value of the property and money 'exceeded five thousand rupees could not be disposed of within a reasonable time mainly 'clue to the requirement of production of succession certificate, etc, resulting in great hardship to the heirs cf !!1e persons belonging to the army, air force or navy it is, therefc:'!, proposed to amend section 10 of the ¥my and air force (disposal of private property) act, 1950, and section 176 of the navy act, 1957, to raise the limit from five thousand rupees to ten thousan'cl rupees 3 the bill seeks to achieve the above object new delhi; swaran singh the 29th june, 1968  annexure extract from the army and air force (disposal of private property) act, 1950 (40 of 1950)- - - -  - 10 property deliverable and money payable to' the representative disposal of a deceased under section 3 or section 4 or section 8 may, if the of certain d property total amount or value thereof does not exceed five thousan rupees without and if the prescribed person thinks fit, be delivered or paid to any producperson appearing to him to be entitled to receive it or to administer tion of the estate of the deceased without requiring such person to produce probate, any probate, letters of administration, succession certificate or other etc such' conclusive evi'dence of title - - - -  extract from the navy act, 1957-  (62 of 1957) - • •- persons 176 on receipt of the surplus referred to in sub-section (7) of disposal section 171 or clause (ii) of section 172 or sub-section (4) of sec-- ofsurplus tion 175, the prescribed person shall,-by prescribed - - - - - (b) if the surplus does not exceed five thousand rupees in value, the prescribed person may, if he thinks fit, payor deliver to any person appearing to him to···be ('ntitled to receive the same, without requiring such person to produce any probate, letters of administration, succession certificate or other conclusive evidence of title; - -  a bill further to amend the army and air force (disposal of private property) act, 1950 and the navy act, 1957 (sardar s'lljaran si",h, minisrer of defence) 