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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 6, 1935.
L.S.
HONG
KONG.
No. 46 of 1935.
I assent.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
Officer Administering the Government.
Short title.
Substitution
for Part
VI of Ordinance No. 2 of 1897.
6th December, 1935.
An Ordinance to amend the Probates Ordinance, 1897.
[6th December, 1935.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Probates Amend- ment Ordinance, 1935.
2. The Probates Ordinance, 1897, is amended by the repeal of PART VI thereof and by the substitution therefor of the following:-
PART VI.
Interpreta- tion.
Sealing of Probates and Letters of Administration granted - by British Courts outside the Colony.
66. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires— "British court in a foreign country" means any British Court having jurisdiction out of His Majesty's dominions in pursuance of an Order in Council, whether made under any Act or otherwise.
"Court of probate" means any court or authority, by whatever name designated, having jurisdiction in matters of probate.
"His Majesty's dominions" includes any British pro- tectorate or protected state and any territory in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Majesty.
"Probate" and "Letters of Administration" include confirmation in Scotland, and any instrument having in any other part of His Majesty's dominions the same effect which under English law is given to probate and letters of administra- tion respectively.
"Estate duty" includes any duty payable on the value of the estate and effects for which probate or letters of administra- tion is or are granted.
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