No. 2 of 1897.
PROBATES.
person dying of his children, as the case may be, (provided such widow or intestate under $500 in value.
Second Schedule.
Power of Treasurer where sum not exceeding $500 is payable by public department to deceased person.
child or children respectively is or are resident in the Colony), or, if such person is a widow, any one or more of her children (provided such child or children is or are resident in the Colony), may make application in that behalf to the Registrar of the court, who shall fill up the usual papers required by the court to lead to a grant of administration of the estate of the intestate, and shall swear or declare the applicant and attest the execution of the administration bond required according to the practice of the court; and he shall also in due course make out and seal the letters of administration of the estate of the intestate and deliver them to the applicant, without payment of any fee, except as is provided by this section.
(2) The Registrar of the court may require such proof as he may think sufficient to establish the identity and relationship of the applicant.
(3) If the Registrar of the court has reason to believe that the whole estate in the Colony of which the intestate died possessed exceeds in value the sum of five hundred dollars, he shall refuse to proceed with the application until he is satisfied that such value does not exceed that amount.
(4) An applicant under this section shall not be required by any table of fees framed under this Ordinance to pay a greater amount of fees than the amount applicable to the case which is mentioned in the Second Schedule.
(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any duty for the time being payable by law on administrations.
Small sums payable by public departments to deceased persons.
62.-(1) On the death of any person to whom any sum of money not exceeding five hundred dollars is payable by a public department within the Colony in respect of civil pay or allowances or annuities granted either under the authority of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of the Colony, it shall be lawful for the Treasurer, on being satisfied of the expediency of dispensing with probate or administration, to authorize the payment of such sum to such person or persons
* As amended by No. 14 of 1933 [23.6.33].