PROBATES.
No. 2 of 1897.
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59. It shall be lawful for the court to allow to any executor or administrator, including an administrator appointed pendente lite as aforesaid, (or to a person acting under a power of attorney as attorney for an executor or administrator in the matter of the sealing of a probate or administration under Part VI, or in the matter of the realization and administration of an estate under a probate or administration so sealed) such remuneration out of the estate of the deceased person as may be just and reasonable for his pains and trouble therein: Provided that no allowance whatever shall be made to any executor or administrator or attorney who neglects to pass his accounts at such time, or to dispose of any moneys, goods, chattels, or securities with which he is chargeable in such manner, as, in pursuance of any rule or order or practice of the court, may be requisite: Provided also, that no such remuneration shall exceed 5% on the first $1,000, 2½% on the next $4,000 and 1% on the balance of the gross value of all property of whatsoever nature administered.
60. Whenever any person who is a native of China dies intestate leaving property within the jurisdiction of the court, and it is necessary to obtain proof of the law of China for the purpose of regulating the administration of the property of such deceased person according to the law of his domicile, it shall be lawful for the court, in its discretion, to receive in evidence any written statement of the law of China which is certified by any British consular officer in China under his official seal to have been obtained by him from an officer of the Chinese Government for the purposes of such administration and with reference to the facts of the particular case under consideration, and thereafter to act upon such written statement in such manner as it thinks fit.
Proof of Chinese law as to administration of property of deceased person.
PART V.
SPECIAL AND EXCEPTED CASES.
Estates of small value.
61. (1) Where the whole estate in the Colony of any person dying intestate in the Colony does not exceed in value the sum of five hundred dollars, his widow or any one or more ...
* As amended by No. 14 of 1933 [23.6.33].
procedure for administration of estate of