1944 ORDINANCE No. 20 of 1883 .
Administration of Passengers' Estates.
47. The following special provisions shall regulate the administra
tion of the estates of passengers who die at sea in the course of
a voyage to Hongkong on board of any ship which afterwards
arrives in Hongkong.
1. Where any passenger has died on board of any vessel in the
course of his voyage to Hongkong the master of the vessel in
which such passenger has died shall immediately upon the
arrival of the vessel in Hongkong hand over to the Harbour
Master all the goods and effects of such passenger then on
... board of such vessel.
2. Thereupon the Harbour Master shall take possession of such
goods and effects and
(a.) If he thinks that their value is more than $ 100 he shall
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 passen
ger and as he may consider likely to be useful for the due
administration of the estate.
(b.) If he thinks that their value is not more than $ 100 he
shall in such manner as he may in his discretion consider
convenient and just distribute them amongst the persons
who appear to him in his discretion to be entitled to them,
or if he can find no such persons within one month of the
date when the said goods and effects come 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
the purpose.
3. For the purposes of this section the expression voyage ofa passen
ger to Hongkong, means the voyage of a passenger to Hong
kong terminates at Hongkong as the port of destination of such
passenger.
4. At any time within 12 months of the date when the proceeds of any
estate have been paid into the Treasury under this section any
person entitled to the same or to any portion thereof may apply
to the Harbour Master for the same, and at the expiration of the
said 12 months, the Harbour Master may apply to the Treasurer
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