784
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND AUGUST, 1890.
No. 13 OF 1890.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the Law relating to The Official Administrator.
LS
F. FLEMING.
Officer Administering the Government.
[30th July, 1890.]
Grants of Administra- tion to the Official Admi- nistrator deemed to
include his successors.
Office of
Official
Adminis
trator to have
perpetual
succession.
Effects of Post Grants of Adminis- tration to the Oicial Adminis- tratur.
Repeal of Art. 32 in the
Schedule of
Ord. No. 16 of
1840,
W
HEREAS by Section 1 of Ordinance No. 9 of 1870 it is declared that the Registrar of the Supreme Court is ex officio Official Administrator under Ordinance No. 8 of 1860, and whereas, heretofore, Official Grants of Administration have been made to the Registrar for the time being, by name, with the addition of the words “Official Administrator" after such name, and whereas doubts have arisen as to the effect of such grants when the grantee has afterwards ceased to be Registrar. Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:---
1. Grants of Administration to the Official Administrator whether the name of the grantee, the officer holding the appointment at the time of the graut, is mentioned or not, shall be deemed hereafter to be made to him and his successors in office from time to time.
2. All property vested in the Official Administrator for the time being by virtue of any grant of administration made to him or his predecessors in office shall on his vacating or otherwise ceasing to hold the appointment be deemed to be vested in his successor without any further transfer or conveyance.
3. All Letters of Administration heretofore granted to any Official Administrator shall be deemed to have been made to the Official Administrator for the time being and to his successors in office; Provided that no act heretofore done by any person under any grant of administration made to him as Official Administrator shall be deemed to be affected or rendered invalid on account of the passing of this Ordinance.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 14th day of July, 1890.
F. A. HAZELAND, Acting Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 30th day of July, 1890.
W. M. DEANE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 14 OF 1890.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend Ordi- nance No. 16 of 1886, cutitled The Stamp Ordinance.
LS
F. FLEMING.
Officer Administering the Government.
[30th July, 1890.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Article 32 in the Schedule of Ordinance No. 16 of 1886 is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect anything lawfully done thereunder,