HONG KONG.
No. 7 of 1940.
I assent.
Guzernor.
15th March, 1940.
An Ordinance to make provision for the Administration of
Estates by Consular Officers.
[15th March, 1940.]
WHEREAS it is expedient that effect should be given in the Colony to the provisions of certain Treaties of Commerce and Navigation mentioned in the Schedule hereto :-
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Administration Short tuin. of Estates by Consular Officers Ordinance, 1940.
2. Whenever any subject or citizen of any State men- Administra- tioned in the first column of the Schedule herefo-
(a) dies within the Colony, or
(b) dies outside the Colony, leaving property within the Colony,
and no person is present in the Colony at the time of his death who is rightfully entitled to administer the estate of such deceased person, the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent of such State within the Colony may take possession and have the custody of the property of such deceased person, and may apply the same in payment of his debts and funeral expenses, and may retain the surplus for the benefit of the persons entitled thereto; but such Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent shall immediately apply for, and shall be entitled to obtain from the Court, Letters of Administration of the property of such deceased person, limited in such manner and for such time as to the Court shall seem fit.
tion of
estates by Consular Officers.
Schedale.
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor by order notified Variation of in the Gazette under the hand of the Colonial Secretary to vary the Schedule-
(a) by deleting therefrom any State when the provision of the Treaty with that State mentioned in the Schedule shall have ceased to have effect;
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