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have now the honor to forward

Copy of a report on

this question by the

General

Acting Attorney

Copies of

as well as

Laws notek

the several Laws

in the margin

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there will furnish the whole

the information required by Lorks Commissioners of

of

the

the Treasury I have the honor to be,

Sir, Your most Obedient Stumble Servant

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VICTORIE REGINÆ.

By His Excellency SIR HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, Knight, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.

No. 8 of 1860.

An Ordinance to amend the Law in relation to the Grant and Revocation of Probates of Wills and Letters of Administration in Hongkong. [30th April, 1860.]

HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Law in relation to the Grant and Revocation Preamble.

of Probates of Wills and Letters of Administration within the Colony of Hong-

kong: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency, the Governor of Hong-

kong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:—

I. Section Sixteen to Twenty-two both inclusive of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845 shall Repeal of certain be and the same are hereby repealed.

II. In the Construction of this Ordinance unless the Context be inconsistent with the Meaning hereby assigned

"Will" shall comprehend "Testament" and all other Testamentary Instru- ments of which Probate may now be or might at any Time heretofore have been granted.

"Administration" shall comprehend all Letters of Administration of the Effects of deceased Persons, whether with or without the Will annexed, and whether granted for general, special, or limited Purposes.

"Matters and Causes Testamentary" shall comprehend all Matters and Causes relating to the Grant and Revocation of Probate of Wills or of Administration.

"Common Form Business" shall mean the Business of obtaining Probate and Administration where there is no Contention as to the Right thereto, including the passing of Probates and Administrations through the Court of Probate in con- tentious Cases when the Content is terminated, and all business of a non-conten- tious Nature to be taken in the Court in Matters of Testacy and Intestacy, not being Proceedings in any Snit, and also the Business of lodging Caveats against the Grant of Probate or Administration.

Sections of No. 6 of 1840.

Interpretation of

Toxins,

prisdiction to be exer-

III. The voluntary and contentious Jurisdiction and Authority in relation to the Testamentary Ju- granting or revoking Probate of Wills and Letters of Administration of the Effects of cised by the Supreme deceased Persons, together with full Authority to hear and determine all Questions re Court. lating to Matters and Causes Testamentary, shall belong to and be vested in and be exercised in the Name of Her Majesty by the Supreme Court of Hongkong which shall purposes of this Ordinance be deemed a Court of Probate and shall be a Court of Record, and shall have the same Powers, and its Grants and Orders shall have the same

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