1840 ORDINANCES Nos . 6 AND 7 OF 1885 .
Chinese Passes. Unclaimed Balances.
No 6 of 1885 .
An Ordinance to amend Ordinance 14 of 1870 .
[ 21st February, 1885. ]
[See Ordinance
No. 18 of 1888. ] E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative
BR Council thereof, as follows :
Amending sec. 1. Section 27 of Ordinance 14 of 1870 is hereby amended by adding at the end
27 of Ord. I of
1870. thereof the words following, viz. :
" The Governor in Council may from time to time by order declare that the
provisions of this Ordinance and all or any regulations made thereunder
with or without modifications to be specified in such order shall apply in
relation to the whole or any part of the Colony as fully to all intents and
purposes as the provisions of this Ordinance and the regulations there
under apply in relation to the City of Victoria at the time of the making
of such order and the provisions and regulations as may be specified in
the said order shall thereupon apply."
NOTE.-The Ordinance hereby amended is repealed by Ordinance No. 13 of 1888.
No. 7 of 1885 .
An Ordinance entitled The Unclaimed Balances Ordinance ,
1885.
[ 2nd March, 1885. ]
[See Ord. No. E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
11 of 1888. ――――――――――
Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
Transfer of 1. All sums of money which at the time of the passing of this
old balances
to revenue of Ordinance have remained unclaimed in the Treasury of this Colony for a
Colony.
period of five years or longer, shall be transferred to the general revenue
of the Colony, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance for their refund
if claimed after such transfer.
Lists of such sums shall forthwith be published in the Government
Gazette with a notice calling upon the owners thereof to claim them.
Unclaimed 2. Any sum of money other than the balance of an intestate estate
balances other
than intestate which after the passing of this Ordinance may from any cause be unclaimed
estates, future
transfer of. in the Treasury of this Colony may , on the expiration of five years from
the date of payment of such sum into the Treasury , be transferred to the
general revenue of the Colony , subject to the provisions of this Ordinance
for the refund of such sum if claimed.