Directory_and_Chronicle_1907 — Page 386

H.B.M. SUBJECTS IN SIAM

Matrimonial.

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91.-(1.) The Court for Siam shall, as far as circumstances admit, have for and within Siam, with respect to British subjects, all such jurisdiction in matrimonial causes, except the jurisdiction relative to dissolution or nullity or jactition of marriage, as for the time being belongs to the High Court in England.

(2.) The Court for Siam and every District Court shall have jurisdiction from time to time to make an order requiring a person to contribute, in such manner as the Court directs, to the support of his wife, or to the support of his or her child, whether legitimate or not, being, in the opinion of the Court, under the age of 16 years. Any such order may be made in a summary way, as if the neglect to provide for the support of such wife or child were an offence, and any failure to comply with any such order shall be deemed to be an offence, and shall be punishable with a fine not exceeding £2 for any one default, and the Court may direct any penalty imposed for such offence to be applied for the support of such wife or child in such manner as the Court thinks fit.

Lunacy.

92.-Same as in the Order in Council for China and Corea; Section 102.

Probate and Administration.

93.—All real or immovable property situate in Siam, and belonging at the time of his death to any British subject, shall be deemed to be personal estate; and the devolution thereof, in case of intestacy, shall be regulated according to the law of England for the time being relating to personal estate.

94.-(1.) The Court for Siam shall, as far as circumstances admit, have, for and within Siam, with respect to the wills and the property in Siam of deceased British subjects, all such jurisdiction as for the time being belongs to the High Court in England.

(2.) A District Court shall have power to grant probate or letters of administra- tion where there is no contention respecting the right to the grant.

(3.) Probate or administration granted by a Court under this Order shall have effect over all the property of the deceased within Siam, and shall effectually discharge persons dealing with an executor or administrator thereunder, notwithstanding that any defect afterwards appears in the grant.

95.-Section 51 of the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act, 1874, and any enactment for the time being in force amending or substituted for the same, are hereby extended to Siam, with the adaptation following, namely:-

The Court for Siam is hereby substituted for a Court of Probate in a Colony, 96.-(1.) Where probate, administration, or confirmation is granted in England, Ireland, or Scotland, and therein, or by a Memorandum thereon signed by an officer of the Court granting the same, the testator or intestate is stated to have died domiciled in England, Ireland, or Scotland (as the case may be), and the probate, administration, or confirmation is produced to, and a copy thereof is deposited with, the Court for Siam, the Court shall write thereon a certificate of that production and deposit under the seal of the Court; and thereupon, notwithstanding anything in this Order, the probate, administration, or confirmation shall, with respect to the personal property in Siam of the testator or intestate, have the like effect as if he had been resident in those dominions at his death, and probate or administration to his per- sonal property there had been granted by the Court for Siam.

(2.) Any person who, in reliance on an instrument purporting to be a probate, administration, or confirmation granted in England, Ireland, or Scotland, and to bear such a certificate of the Court for Siam as in this Article prescribed, makes or permits any payment or transfer in good faith, shall be, by virtue of this Order, indemnified and protected in respect thereof, in Siam, notwitsanding anything affecting the validity of the probate, administration, or confirmation.

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