Probate and Administration.
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Chinese law as to administration of property of deceased person.
57. Whenever any person who is a native of China dies intestate leaving property within the jurisdiction of the court, and it is necessary to obtain proof of the law of China for the purpose of regulating the administration of the property of such deceased person according to the law of his domicile, it shall be lawful for the court, in its discretion, to receive in evidence any written statement of the law of China which is certified by any British consular officer in China under his official seal to have been obtained by him from an officer of the Chinese Government for the purposes of such administration and with reference to the facts of the particular case under consideration, and thereafter to act upon such written statement in such manner as it thinks fit.
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PART V.
SPECIAL AND EXCEPTED CASES.
Estates of small value.
58. (1) Where the whole estate in the Colony of any person dying in the Colony does not exceed in value the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, his widow or any one or more of his children, as the case may be, (provided such widow or child or children respectively is or are resident in the Colony), or, if such person is a widow, any one or more of her children (provided such child or children is or are resident in the Colony), may make application in that behalf to the Registrar of the court, who shall fill up the usual papers required by the court to lead to a grant of administration of the estate of the intestate, and shall swear or declare the applicant and attest the execution of the administration bond required according to the practice of the court; and he shall also in due course make out and seal the letters of administration of the estate of the intestate and deliver them to the applicant.
(2) The Registrar of the court may require such proof as he may think sufficient to establish the identity and relationship of the applicant.
(3) If the Registrar of the court has reason to believe that the whole estate in the Colony of which the intestate
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Probate and Administration.
[CAP. 10
Chinese law
as to ad- of property
ministration
of deceased person.
57. Whenever any person who is a native of China Proof of dies intestate leaving property within the jurisdiction of the court, and it is necessary to obtain proof of the law of China for the purpose of regulating the administration of the property of such deceased person according to the law of his domicile, it shall be lawful for the court, in its dis- cretion, to receive in evidence any written statement of the law of China which is certified by any British consular officer in China under his official seal to have been obtained by him from an officer of the Chinese Government for the purposes of such administration and with reference to the facts of the particular case under consideration, and there- after to act upon such written statement in such manner as it thinks fit.
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PART V.
SPECIAL AND EXCEPTED CASES.
Estates of small value.
procedure
58. (1) Where the whole estate in the Colony of any Summary person dying in the Colony does not exceed in value the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, his widow or any one or more of his children, as the case may be,
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(provided such widow or child or children respectively is 9 of 1950. or are resident in the Colony), or, if such person is a Schedule. widow, any one or more of her children (provided such child or children is or are resident in the Colony), may make application in that behalf to the Registrar of the court, who shall fill up the usual papers required by the court to lead to a grant of administration of the estate of the intestate, and shall swear or declare the applicant and attest the execution of the administration bond required according to the practice of the court; and he shall also in due course make out and seal the letters of administra- tion of the estate of the intestate and deliver them to the applicant.
(2) The Registrar of the court may require such proof as he may think sufficient to establish the identity and rela- tionship of the applicant.
(3) If the Registrar of the court has reason to believe that the whole estate in the Colony of which the intestate
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