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16. Where, in the event of the death of the holder of a certificate, Law any payment in respect of the certificate made under these regula- applicable tions is made in accordance with the law of the place, where the on death of

holder of holder of the certificate resided at the date of his death, that pay- certificate. ment shall, unless notice in writing to the effect that the holder was, at that date, domiciled at some other place has been received by the Accountant-General before the payment was made, be deemed for the purposes of these regulations to have been duly made.

Miscellaneous.

17.-(1) If any person holding, or having an interest in any Persons certificate is of unsound mind or is otherwise under legal disability, under anything which under these regulations is required or authorized to disability. be done by or to the holder of the certificate shall or may be done by or to the committee of, or other person having power in law to administer, his estate.

(2) Nothing in this regulation shall affect any other provision of these regulations relating to persons under the age of eighteen years.

18. Where the Accountant-General is unable for any reason to Payments obtain a valid discharge for any payment falling to be made to any into person in respect of a certificate, he may, unless other provision for Bank. dealing with the payment has been made by any enactment, open an account in such bank as he thinks fit in the name of the person to whom the payment is due, and may, until payment can be made to the person entitled thereto, retain the amount due in that account:

Provided that--

(a) if the person to whom the payment is due has an account in such bank, the Accountant-General may, if he thinks fit, instead of opening a new account, credit the amount payable to the existing account; and

(b) in the case of an account opened by the Accountant- General-

no sum shall be received by way of deposit for the credit of the account except in pursuance of these regulations.

19.--(1) The loss or destruction of any document issued by Loss of the Accountant-General in pursuance of these regulations shall be certificates, notified in writing to him as soon as practicable by the person entitled etc. to the possession of the document.

(2) If it appears to the Accountant-General that any document issued in pursuance of these regulations has been issued in error, lost or destroyed or tampered with, or is in such a condition as to render it desirable that it should be replaced by a new document, he may, subject to the provisions of this regulation, issue a new document in lieu of the old document to any person who satisfies him that he is entitled to the possession of the document.

(3) On the issue to any person under this regulation of a new certificate, or two or more new certificates, there shall be paid to the Accountant-General a fee of one dollar.

(4) The Accountant-General may attach to the issue under this regulation of any new document such conditions as to indemnity or otherwise as he thinks fit.

20.-(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, if any person-

Provisions

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(a) not being a person entitled under regulation 4 of these forfeiture of regulations so to do, purchases, holds or has any interest in certificates. certificate; or

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(b) purchases, holds or has any interest in any certificate in con- travention of regulation 6 of these regulations (which prescribes the maximum number of unit certificates which may be purchased); the certificate shall, if the Accountant-General so directs, be forfeited: