1For section fifty-nine of the Act of 1896 there shall be substituted the following section :—
“59Before any sum is paid under this Act without probate or letters of administration on the death of any person entitled to make a nomination under this Act, the committee of the registered society or branch may require a statutory declaration by the claimant, or by one of the claimants, that the principal value of the estate of the deceased, including the sum in question, does not after deduction of debts and funeral expenses exceed one hundred pounds.”