Validity of payment made under last preceding section.
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Police Form
No. of 1820,
44.)
Administra-tion of estate
voyage to the Colony (ÑA 20 m£1895)
(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 the Governor, from time to time make for that purpose.
83. 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,
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 same 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 upon 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.
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,
(a) 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;
(b) Thereupon the Harbour Master shall take possession of such goods and effects and
(i.) If he thinks that their value is more than one hundred dollars, he shall forthwith hand them over to the Official Administrator, to whom he shall also furnish in writing all such information as he may have been able to obtain about the deceased passenger and as he may consider likely to be useful for the due administration of the estate; and
(ii.) If he thinks that their value is not more than one hundred dollars, he shall, in such manner as he may consider just and convenient, distribute them amongst the persons who may appear to him, in his discretion, to be entitled thereto, or, if he can find no such persons within one month of the time when the goods and effects came into his hands, then he shall sell them and pay the proceeds of the sale into the Treasury to a special account to be there kept for that purpose;
(c) At any time within twelve months of the time when the proceeds of any estate have been paid into the Treasury under this section, any person entitled to the whole proceeds, or to any portion thereof, may apply to the Harbour Master for the same, and, at the expiration of the said twelve months, the Harbour Master may make application in that behalf to the Colonial Treasurer, and the Colonial Treasurer shall pay to the Harbour Master the said proceeds or a portion thereof, and the Harbour Master shall distribute the same amongst the applicants in such manner as he may consider just and convenient;
(d) Before distributing any estate or paying the proceeds of any estate into the Treasury under this section, the Harbour Master shall deduct the amount of any expenses or costs which he may have incurred in advertising or otherwise in the administration of the same;
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