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ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1845. Supreme Court. whenever he shall duly appear and sue forth the same. [Repealed by Ordinances No. 5 of 1858 and No. 8 of 1860.]
18. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the said Supreme Court shall grant and commit letters of administration to any one or more of the lawful next of kin of persons so dying as aforesaid, being then resident within the jurisdiction of the said Court, and being of the age of twenty-one years; and in case no such person shall then be residing within the jurisdiction of the said Court, or, being duly cited, shall not appear and pray the same, to the Registrar of the said Court, or to such person or persons, whether creditor or creditors, or not, of the deceased person, as the Court shall see fit: Provided always, that probates of wills, and letters of administration to be granted by the said Court, shall be limited to such money, goods, chattels, credits, and effects as the deceased person at the time of his or her death shall have been entitled to within the said Colony of Hongkong and its dependencies. [Repealed by Ordinances No. 5 of 1858 and No. 8 of 1860.]
19. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every person to whom letters of administration shall be committed shall, before the granting thereof, give sufficient security, by bond to be entered into to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for the payment of a certain sum of money, with one, two, or more sureties, respect being had to the value of the estates, credits, and effects of the deceased; which bond shall be deposited in the said Court among the records thereof, and there safely kept, and a copy thereof shall be also recorded among the proceedings of the said Court; and the condition of the said bond shall be to the following effect,-“that if the above bounden administrator of the goods, chattels, and effects of the deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, credits, and effects of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession, or knowledge of him the said administrator, or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him, and the same so made do exhibit into the Supreme Court of Hongkong, at or before a day therein to be specified; and the same goods, chattels, credits, and effects, and all other the goods, chattels, credits, and effects of the deceased at the time of his death, or which at any time afterwards shall come to the hands or possession of such administrator, or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him, shall well and truly administer according to law; and further shall make, or cause to be made, a true and just account of his said administration, at or before a time therein to be specified, and afterwards from time to time as he, she, or they shall be lawfully required; and all the rest and residue of the said goods, chattels, credits, and effects which shall be found from time to time remaining upon the said administration account, the same being first examined and allowed by the said Court, shall and do pay and dispose of in a due course of administration, or in such manner as the said Court shall direct, then this obligation to be void and of none effect or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.” And in case it shall be necessary to put the said bond in suit, for the sake of obtaining the effect thereof for the benefit of such person or persons as shall appear to the said Court
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