Enclosure 2.
C.O.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
RECE R 1 JUL 07)
Hongkong,
29th May
1907.
Report on Ordinance No. 1
of 1907.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordin nce to amend the Probates Ordinance, 1897.
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to
the Gocernor's Instructions.
The definition of Court of Probate in section 66 of the
Probates Ordinance 1897 recognizes in Scotland only the Sheriffs Court of the County of Edinburgh.
The effect is that under the existing law probate grented by other Courts of Probate in Scotland cannot be sealed with the seal
of the Supreme Court of Hongkong so as to be operative in the Colony. It is desired to remove a limitation for which there seems to be no
reason.
The paragraph seems to have been adopted without sufficiently consi- dering its effect from section 6 of the Colonial Prob:tes Act 1892.
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