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When any person who possesses movable or immovable property or rights and credits relating thereto shall be absent or shall reside out of Puerto Rico, without having appointed an attorney in fact to administer his estate, or when the administrator or attorney in fact so named shall die or become legally incapable, for any reason, of continuing as such, the part of the Court of First Instance in which such property is situated shall, on petition of a lawful party or of the public attorney (fiscal), appoint an administrator who shall represent the absentee and take charge of the administration of his property. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 32;.