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(1) The High Court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the District Judge in the exercise of all the powers hereby conferred upon the District Judge. (2) Except in cases to which section 57 applies, no High Court, in exercise of the concurrent jurisdiction hereby conferred over any local area [ ] [ ] shall, where the deceased is a Hindu, [Muslim], Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina or an exempted person, receive applications for probate or letters of administration until the [Provincial Government] has, by a notification in the [official Gazette], authorised it so to do.

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