CO129-544-15 Administration of estates of deceased European officers 13-7-1933 - 13-7-1933 — Page 34

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Memorandum on the Administration of the Estates of Deceased

European Officers in the service of the Government of Hong Kong.

1. By Section 64 of the Probates Ordinance, 1897, as enacted

by the Probates Amendment Ordinance, 1933, special provisions are made for the administration of the estates of subordinate police and prison officers, i.e. police officers not above the rank of Sub-Inspector and prison officers not above the rank of Principal

Warder.

The Inspector General of Police and the Superintendent of Prisons respectively are statutory administrators of the estat es of such officers and are required to administer without legal formality and to pay over the balance of the estate to the

Colonial Treasurer, who may be ordered to pay the whole or part

of such balance to such person or persons as appear to the Colonial

Secretary to be entitled thereto.

2.

On the death of an officer who is not in either of the

above categories the Official Administrator takes possession of the property of the deceased in the Colony, unless there is in the Colony an executor or person entitled to apply for the grant of

letters of administration.

After taking possession the Official Administrator communicates with the person whose name has been given by the deceased as that of the individual to whom intimation is to be given in case of his serious illness or death and with any other members of the family of the deceased whose names appear in the personal file of the deceased and who may appear to be entitled to grant of representation to or to participate in the distribution ofthe

estate.

Detailed instructions are given to such persons as to the proeedure to be followed for obtaining probate or administration in the Colony or the re-sealing in the Colony of a grant made elsewhere.

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