D-1897.1
PROBATES.
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Government of the Colony, it shall be lawful for the Colonial Treasurer, on being satisfied of the expediency of dispensing with probate or administration, to authorize the payment of such sum to such son or persons as the Colonial Treasurer may consider entitled thereto, without requiring the production of probate or administration.
2) Payment of all such sums of money shall be made under such regulations, if any, as the Colonial Treasurer may, with the approval of Governor, from time to time make for that purpose.
non ceased person.
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63. Any payment made under the provisions of the last preceding section shall be valid against all persons whatever, and all persons acting under the said provisions shall be absolutely discharged from all liability in respect of any moneys duly paid or applied by them under the said provisions.
Estates of Deceased Members of Police Force.
8. 62.
Administration of estate of deceased subordinate member of Police Force.
64(1.) Any person employed in the Police Force under the rank of Inspector and dying whilst so employed shall not be deemed to be within the meaning of the preceding provisions of this Ordinance but the Captain Superintendent of Police is hereby constituted the official administrator of his estate, and is required to get in and administer the same, with the sanction of the Colonial Secretary, and within one month after the death of any such person, to certify the amount and the amount in value of the estate of such person, by certificate under his hand, to the Registrar for registry in the Court; and he shall also pay over to the Colonial Treasurer the balance of every such estate, after payment of all lawful claims against the same.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Colonial Secretary, on the application of the Captain Superintendent of Police, at any time to sign an order on the Colonial Treasurer for the payment of the whole or any part of such balance to such person or persons as may appear to be entitled thereto, and the Colonial Treasurer shall comply with such order.
Estates of Persons dying on Voyages to the Colony.
Administration of estate of passenger dying on voyage to the Colony.
65 (1.) The following special provisions shall regulate the administration of the estates of passengers who die at sea in the course of a voyage to the Colony on board of any vessel which afterwards arrives in the Colony; that is to say,-
where any passenger has died on board of any vessel in the course of a voyage to the Colony, the master of the vessel in which such passenger has died shall, immediately upon the arrival of the vessel in the Colony, hand over to the Harbour Master all the goods and effects of such passenger then on board of such vessel
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