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(c) Deposits may be made in the joint names of the County Court Judge and Clerk of the Peace for the time being, and the expression

De- posits standing in the name of the Registrar of a County Court

or Money deposited in the name of the Registrar of a County Court shall be deemed to apply to deposits or monies standing in the joint names of the County Court Judge and the Clerk of the Peace for the time being, or of a Clerk of the Peace.

(d) Regulation 26 (1) shall not apply, and in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply :— Where a first deposit is made, application to open an account shall be made in the prescribed form, and a certified copy of the order or award or of an extract therefrom directing the opening of an account and of any order directing the investment or payment of any sum deposited, or of the interest or income thereof, shall be forwarded by the Clerk of the Peace to the Postmaster-General." (e) Sub-section (2) of Regulation 41 shall not apply, and in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply :- The Clerk of the Peace shall establish to the satisfaction of the Post- master General that the withdrawal is authorised by the Lord Chancellor or by the County Court Judge.'

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(2) Expressions referring to the Solicitor to the Treasury shall, in the case of a depositor domiciled in Ireland, be deemed to refer to the Chief Crown Solicitor for Ireland, In such cases expressions referring to a Trustee in Bankruptcy shall be deemed to apply to the Assignees or Assignee in Bankruptcy, and expres- sions referring to the Judge in Lunacy shall be deemed to refer to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland or other judicial authority in whom lunacy jurisdiction may from time to time be vested.

95. These Regulations shall apply to the Isle of Man with the following modifications, subject nevertheless to the provisions of Regulation 80 (that is to say) :-

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(1) Expressions referring to the persons beneficially entitled to the personal estate of a deceased depositor accord- ing to the Statutes of Distribution shall, in the case of a depositor domiciled at the date of death in the Isle of Man, be deemed to refer to the persons entitled to share in the distribution of the movable or personal

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estate of such depositor according to the law of the Isle of Man.

(2) Expressions referring to the Committee of the Estate of a person of unsound mind shall be deemed to in- clude the Committee of the Estate of a person found of unsound mind according to the law of the Isle of Man.

(3) Expressions referring to the Probate of the Will, or to Letters of Administration to the estate and effects of a deceased depositor, shall, in the case of a depositor domiciled in the Isle of Man, be deemed to refer to the Probate or Letters of Administration granted according to the law of the Isle of Man.

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(4) The expression Supreme Court of Judicature

High Court respectively mean His Majesty's High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man."

(5) The receipt of the executor or administrator named in the Probate of the Will or Letters of Administration to the estate and effects of a deceased depositor granted by the said High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man shall be a good discharge to the Postmaster- General for any sum payable in respect of the deposits of any deceased depositor domiciled in the said Isle. (6) The deposits of any deceased depositor who was at the time of his death domiciled in the Isle of Man shall be deemed to be personal estate of such depositor within the said Isle, and the Postmaster-General shall not be required to see to the payment of probate duty or of estate, legacy, or succession duty in respect of such deposits.

(7) Expressions referring to deposits of married women are to take effect, in the case of a depositor domiciled in the Isle of Man, only so far as is consistent with the law of the said Isle.

(8) Expressions referring to the Solicitor to the Treasury shall, in the case of a depositor domiciled in the Isle of Man, be deemed to refer to the Treasurer of the said Isle.

96. These Regulations shall apply to the Island of Jersey Application with the following modifications, subject nevertheless to the to Jersey. provisions of Regulation 80 (that is to say) :—

(1) Expressions referring to the persons beneficially entitled to the personal estate of a deceased depositor according to the Statutes of Distribution, shall, in the case of a depositor domiciled at the date of death in Jersey, be deemed to refer to the persons entitled to share in the distribution of the movable or personal estate of such depositor according to the law of Jersey.

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