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(1) Where a dealer dies after assessment but before payment of the tax, his executor, administrator or other legal representative shall be liable to pay, out of the estate of the deceased to the extent to which it is capable of meeting the charge, the tax assessed as payable by such dealer. (2) Where a dealer dies without having furnished the return required by section 8 or 11, or after having furnished the return but before assess- ment, the Commissioner may proceed to make an assessment and determine the tax payable by the deceased ; and for this purpose he may require the executor, administrator or other legal representative, as the case may be, of the deceased to perform all or any of the obligations which, under the provi- sions of this Act, have required the deceased to perform. the tax thus deter- mined shall be payable by the executor, administrator or other legal repre- sentative of the deceased to the extent to which the estate of the deceased is capable of meeting the charge.