THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 15, 1939.
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No. 790.
Hong Kong.
ORDINANCE No. 2 of 1897. (PROBATES).
Order made by the Chief Justice under section 74 of the Probates Ordinance, 1897, Ordinance No. 2 of 1897.
1. During the war no probate of a will or letters of administration of the estate of any German subject wherever resident shall be granted in respect of any assets in this Colony without the express licence of the Governor.
2. In all cases where probate or letters of administration are granted during the war to any person entitled thereto the grant shall be made upon the condition that no portion of the assets shall be distributed or paid during the war to any beneficiary or creditor who is a German subject, wherever resident, or to anyone on his behalf, or to or on behalf of any person resident in Germany, of whatever nationality, without the express sanction of the Governor, and if any distribution or payment is made contrary to this condition the grant of probate or letters of administration will be forthwith. revoked.
3. Any applicant for probate or letters of administration during the war shall give such information as the Registrar may require in order to ascertain whether any of the assets would in time of peace be distributable or payable to any such subject, and if required shall make a statutory declaration as to the assets and their disposition in the event of probate or letters of administration being granted.
4. Upon an application to the Crown Solicitor there will be no difficulty in proper cases in obtaining the sanction of the Governor to the payment of a moderate sum out of assets to beneficiaries or creditors who are German subjects resident in this Colony at the commencement of the war and during the war.
Dated this 13th day of September, 1939.
A. D. A. MACGREGOR, Chief Justice.
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Approved by the Legislative Council this 14th day of September, 1939.
C. B. BURGESS, Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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