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J.
Governor and Vice-Admiral
ies of State
ance.
1860.]
itent of some nt to transfer
› Department Her Majesty's
s at any time ents, Estates vested in the t therein res- ed in One of ordained by tive Council
by virtue of of any other
or exercisable
m henceforth cransferred to for the Time artment, and le Exemption
virtue of any Conveyance, soever, before rere vested in e been at any ed, vested, or ajesty, for the ie Realm, and and the same ipal Secretary > often as the 1 Secretary of artment, shall Property, and
ased or other- Le Time being, y divested out
Wise
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST MARCH, 1860.
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Contracts, &c., made
enforced by such Se-
III. All Contracts, Covenants, and Agreements heretofore made or entered into by any by the Principal Offi- Person or Persons whomsoever with the said Principal Officers of the Ordnance, or any cers relating to the Person or Persons on their behalf, as to or concerning any Lands, Hereditaments, Estates, Public Service to be and Property vested in or agreed to be purchased by the said Principal Officers, or in any-cretary of State.
relating to the Public Service, shall be deemed and taken to have been made or ntered into with such Principal Secretary of State as last aforesaid, and shall be executed and enforced by him in like Manner as if he had originally been Party thereto instead of the said Principal Officers of the Ordnance; and all Proceedings whatsoever which have been might or may have been commenced, taken, or done in the Names of the said Principal Officers, on behalf of Her Majesty, shall and may hereafter be commenced, continued, taken, d done in the Name of such Principal Secretary of State as aforesaid, in like Manner (in) Case of Proceedings already commenced, taken, or done,) as if he had originally been Panty thereto, instead of the said Principal Officers of the Ordnance.
State to be described
IV. In every Contract, Conveyance, Surrender, Lease, or other Assurance of any Lands, Such Secretary of Hereditaments, Estates, or Property, with, unto, or by the last-mentioned Principal Secretary in Conveyances, &c., State for the Time being, and in every other Deed or Instrument relating to any Lands, as "Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of Hereditaments, Estates, or Property, or in anywise to the Public Service, to which the last- State for the War De-
entioned Principal Secretary of State for the Time being shall be or shall be intended to partment.” be a Party, it shall be sufficient to call or describe him by the Style or Title of " Her Ma- sty's Principal Secretary of State for the War Department," without naming him; and very such Contract, Conveyance, Surrender, Lease, Assurance, Deed, or Instrument may executed by such last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State, or by any other of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for the Time being, by signing his Name thereto, d if the Instrument so executed be in the Form of a Deed, by setting or affixing a Seal hereto and delivering the same as his Deed; and whenever any Contract, Conveyance, Surrender, Lease, Assurance, Deed or Instrument shall be executed by any other Principal Secretary of State than the Principal Secretary of State for the War Department, the Principal Secretary of State so executing the same shall for that Time and on that Occasion, and for the Purposes thereof, be deemed to be the Principal Secretary of State for the War Department.
HONGKONG.
ANNO VICESIMO TERTIO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
No. of 1860.
By His Excellency SIR HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, Knight, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice- Admiral of the same, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
An Ordinance to amend the Law in relation to the Grant and Revocation of Probates of Wills and Letters of Administration in Hongkong.
[ March, 1860.]
Whereas it is expedient to amend the Law in relation to the Grant and Revocation Probates of Wills and Letters, of Administration within the Colony of Hongkong.
Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency, the Governor of Hong- kong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:-
I. Sections Sixteen to Twenty-two both inclusive of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845 shall Repeal of certain and the same are hereby repealed.
Sections of No. of
1845.
II. In the Construction of this Ordinance unless the Context be inconsistent with Meaning hereby assigned
Interpretation
T
Terms.
Il by virtue of
, immediately
Lands, Here-
the said last- them as were eritance in Fee his Successors Iveyed to such s to all Lands, Estate of In- erty had been cipal Secretary es or Interests
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Will" shall comprehend "Testament" and all other Testamentary Instru- ments of which Probate may now or might at any Time heretofore be granted.
"Administration" shall comprehend all Letters of Administration of the Effects of deceased Persons, whether with or without the Will annexed, and whether granted for general, special, or limited Purposes.
"Matters and Causes Testamentary "shall comprehend all Matters and Causes relating to the Grant and Revocation of Probate of Wills or of Administration. "Common Form Business" shall mean the Business of obtaining Probate and Administration where there is no Contention as to the Right thereto, including the passing of Probates and Administrations through the Court of Probate in contentious Cases when the Contest is terminated, and all business of a non- contentious Nature to be taken in the Court in Matters of Testacy and Intestacy, not being Proceedings in any Suit, and also the Business of lodging Caveats against the Grant of Probate or Administration.
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