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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 59.

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Published by Authority.

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VOL. XXXVIII.

VICTORIA, FRIDAY, 23RD DECEMBER, 1892. 號九十五第日五初月一十年辰壬 日三十二月二十年二十九百八千一 簿八十三 第

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 526.

His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the Queen, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council:-

Ordinance No. 14 of 1892.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to provide for the recognition in the Colony of Probates and Letters of Administra- tion granted in the United Kingdom.

Ordinance No. 15 of 1892.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice

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and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to repeal Section 45 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1860 and to amend Schedule A to Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th December, 1892.

G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.

No. 14 OF 1892.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council thereof, to provide for the recog- nition in the Colony of Probates and Letters of Administration granted in the United Kingdom.

LS WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

[20th December, 1892.]

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the

Badvice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof,

as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as The United Kingdom Probates Ordinance, 1892.

2. (1) Where a Court of Probate in the United King- dom has granted probate or letters of administration in ⚫ respect of the estate of a deceased person, the probate or letters so granted may, on being produced to, and a copy thereof deposited with, the Supreme Court of this Colony, be sealed with the seal of that Court, and, thereupon, shall be of the like force and effect, and have the same operation in the Colony, as if granted by that Court.

Title,

Short title.

Sealing in the Colony of probates and letters of ad- miolstration granted in the United

Kingdom.