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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 19, 1910.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 250.

Rule made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 6 of the Stamp Ordinance, 1901, (Ordinance No. 16 of 1901), this 18th day of August, 1910.

Security for Probate Duty, etc.

In every case in which the full and exact value of any estate is not stated in the petition for probate or administration, or in the schedule or list thereto annexed, no grant shall issue until the petitioner shall have entered into a bond with one or two sureties, to the satisfaction of the Registrar, in the form set forth in the Appendix hereto, conditioned (1) for the delivery of the affidavit and account required by the provisions of Section 20 of the Stamp Ordinance, 1901, (Ordinance No. 16 of 1901), as amended by Section 2 of the Stamp Further Amendment Ordinance, 1909, (Ordinance No. 44 of 1909), or by the provisions of any Ordinance amending the same, and (2) for the payment of all probate duty, interest and court fees, then or thereafter payable or to be payable on the said estate or grant.

Where only simple duty will be payable the penalty of such bond shall be $1,000. Where treble duty will be payable, the penalty shall be $3,000, and a further sum of $200 for every complete year from the date of death to the date on which the said bond shall be executed.

Appendix.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

Bond to secure Probate Duty, etc.

In the Goods of

deceased.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we

are jointly and severally bound unto

Collector under the Stamp Ordinance, 1901, in the sum of

Dollars of good and lawful money of Hongkong to be paid to the said

or to the Collector for the time being under the said Ordinance, for which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and every one of us for the whole, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators firmly by these presents.

Sealed with our seals.

Dated the

day of

in the year of Our Lord 19

THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that if the above named

the Executor of the Will

of the said deceased do comply

intended Administrator of the personal estate and effects with the provisions of Section 2 of the Stamp Further Amendment Ordinance, 1909, and with the provisions of any Ordinances amending the same which may hereafter at any time