Item.
Short title.
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SCHEDULE.
AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCES.
Trem.
Short title.
(Cap. 4)
L.
Supreme Court
Ordinance.
(Cap. 5)
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District Court Ordinance.
10an. 63
1.
Bankruptcy Ordinance.
Manner amended.
Section 39 is amended-
(a) by deleting "in particular, for doing all or any of the following things" and substituting the following
"without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, rules made under This section may provide for—":
(6) by deleting "and" at the end of
|paragraph (c);
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(c) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (4) and substituting the following
"; and""; and
(d) by inserting after paragraph (d) the
following new paragraph-
(Cap. 6.)
Part I beading the
"Tranck of moederved Yountys in Coart.
(c) disposing of money, other than the balance of 减料 intestate estate, remaining undaimed in court or money remaining unclaimed in the Bankruptcy Estics Account established under section 128 of the Bank- ruptcy Ordinance.".
is amended by adding after the following new section-
IS. (1) When any sum of money remains coclaimed in the Court for a period of five years, the Chief Justice may, on application by the Registrar of the Supreme Court, order such sum to be transferred to the general revenue of the Colony.
(2) Before making any order under subsection (1) tho Chief Justice may direct that such notice, if any, as he thinks necessary shall be given and to such parties as he may think Ét.”.
Section 128 is amended-
(2) in subsection (4) by deleting "it shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Unclaimed Balancer Ordinance" and substituting the follow- ing-
"the Chief Justice may, on the application of the Registrar, order
4.
Trustee Ordinance.
5.
Companies
Ordinance.
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Manner amended.
such money to be transferred to the general revenue of the Colony";
and
(6) by inserting after subsection (4) the
following new subsection-
"(5) Before making any order Chief under subsection (4) the Justice may direct that such notice, if any, as he thinks necessary shall be given and to such parties as he may think AL”.
Section 67 is amended----
(a) by being renumbered as subsection (1):
and
(b) by inserting the following new sub-
Bection---
"(2) Any trust moneys paid into a bank pursuant to subsection (1) which
(a) remain unclaimed for a period of five years from the last making of any order of the Court in relation thereto; or
(b) if no such order shall have been made, remain 1114 claimed for a period of five years from the date of pay- ment into the bank,
shall be transferred by the Official Trustee to the general revenue of the_Colony.".
Section 285 is amended--
(a) in subsection (3) by inserting, after "may" in the first place where it occurs, the following-
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· within five years of the date when
the money was no paid."; and
(b) by inserting, after subsection (4), the
following new subsection-
"(5) Any money paid into the bank in pursuance of this section which remains unclaimed for # period of five years shall be trans- ferred to the general revenue of the Colony.".
(Cap. 29.)
(Cap. 32.3
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