Amendment
of section 14.
3.
Section 14 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the addition at the end thereof of the following—
Provided that any cause or matter in the District Court which in the Supreme Court would be a lis pendens within the meaning of the said Acts shall be deemed to be a lis pendens for the purpose of this Ordinance.”
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 29th day of April, 1953-
HONG KONG
No. 11 OF 1953-
Deputy Clerk of Councils,
(Secretariat 8/741/52)
I assent.
Wha
Governor.
21st May, 1953,
An Ordinance to amend the Probate and Administration Ordin-
ance, Chapter 10.
[22nd May, 1953-]
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 Probate and Short title. Administration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1953-
2. Section 14 of the Probate and Administration Ordinance Amend- is amended by the addition after subsection (2) of the following met of
section 14. new subsection
(Cap. 10).
"(3) (a) In the case of the death in the Colony of any citizen of the United States of America, the Official Adminis- trator shall as soon as conveniently may be after the fact of such death has come to his knowledge inform the nearest