Power to take charge of property of intestate under 200 rupees and deliver to party entitled

Whenever any person dies intestate leaving movable property within the City of Madras under two hundred rupees in value, such property may be taken charge of by the Police, and it shall be lawful for the Commissioner to order the said property to be delivered, without requiring the production of any probate, letters of administration, certificate or other such conclusive evidence of title and upon such terms as he may think fit, to any person who may appear to him to be entitled thereto; and such delivery shall be a full discharge to the Commissioner, and to the [Government] from all liability in respect of such property.