Section 31: Distribution where notary appointed

31. Distribution where notary appointed (1) (a) The sale price may be distributed by the Master in conformity with the Sale of Immovable Property Act where there are any creditors inscribed on the property. (b) In the case of such a distribution, if, after collocation of the creditors, a balance is left in favour of the succession, the Master shall collocate the succession for that balance, without naming or describing the heirs or parties entitled to it, and such balance shall be divided by the notary as part of the assets. (2) Where there are no inscribed creditors, no attribution of price or other mode of distribution shall take place before the Master, but the sale price shall be distributed by the notary as part of the assets of the succession, and for that purpose the Master shall forward to the notary the certificate received by him from the Conservator of Mortgages under section 170 of the Sale of Immovable Property Act.