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Probate and Administration,
[1971 Ed.
(Cap. 29.)
Power to postpone distribution.
1925 c. 23, s. 44.
proper, and the provisions of the Trustee Ordinance, relating to vesting orders and to the appointment of a person to transfer or convey, shall apply.
(3) This section applies whether the testator or intestate dies before or after the commencement of this Ordinance.
71. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, a personal representative is not bound to distribute the estate of the deceased before the expiration of one year from the death.
Probate rules and orders. [cf. 1925 c. 49, s. 100.]
Depositing and inspection of wills. [cf. 1925 c. 49, s. 170.]
Copy of will, etc. [cf. 1925 c. 49, s. 171.)
Saving.
(Cap. 97.)
(Cap. 191.)
(Cap. 232.)
PART VII.
MISCELLANEOUS.
72. (1) The Chief Justice may make rules and orders (in this Ordinance referred to as probate rules and orders), for regulating the practice and procedure of the court and the Registry with respect to non-contentious or common form probate business and generally for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance.
(1A) As such
(2) In all such business in respect of which no provision is made by probate rules and orders, the practice and procedure for the time being in force in the Probate Registry in England shall be deemed to be in force in the court and the Registry.
73. All original wills and other documents which are under the control of the court in the Registry shall be deposited and preserved in such places as the Chief Justice may direct, and any wills or other documents so deposited shall, subject to the control of the court and the provisions of probate rules and orders, be open to inspection.
74. An official copy of the whole or any part of a will, or an official certificate of the grant of an administration, may be obtained from the Registry on the payment of such fees as may be fixed for the same by probate rules and orders.
75. (1) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be taken to affect the application of the provisions of-
(a) Part II of the New Territories Ordinance to land to which Part II of that Ordinance applies and which has not been exempted by the Governor under subsection (2) or (3) of section 7 of that Ordinance from the provisions of Part II of that Ordinance;
(b) the Administration of Estates by Consular Officers Ordinance; or
(c) section 42 of the Police Force Ordinance.