1972 Ed.]
Consular Conventions
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CHAPTER 267
CONSULAR CONVENTIONS
To confer upon the consular officers of foreign States with which consular conventions are concluded by Her Majesty certain powers relating to the administration of the estates and property of deceased persons.
Originally
12 of 1951.
17 of 1970. 26 of 1971.
[20th April, 1951.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Consular Conventions Ordinance.
Short title.
1949 c. 29, s. 4(3).
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires
Interpretation,
"consular office" means any building or part of a building which is exclusively occupied for the purposes of the official business of a consular officer.
3. (1) Where any person who is a national of a State to which this section applies is named as executor in the will of a deceased person disposing of property in Hong Kong, or is otherwise a person to whom a grant of representation to the estate in Hong Kong of a deceased person may be made, then if the court is satisfied, on the application of a consular officer of the said State, that the said national is not resident in Hong Kong, and if no application for a grant of such representation is made by a person duly authorized by power of attorney to act for him in that behalf, the court shall make to that officer any such grant of representation to the estate of the deceased as would be made to him if he were so authorized as aforesaid.
(2) Where any person who is a national of a State to which this section applies-
(a) is entitled to any money or other property in Hong Kong forming part of the estate of a deceased person, or to receive payment in Hong Kong of any money becoming due on the death of a deceased person; or
(b) is among the persons to whom any money or other property of a deceased person may under any Ordinance, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, be paid or delivered without grant of probate or other proof of title,
then if the said national is not resident in Hong Kong a consular officer of that State shall have the like right and power to receive and give a valid discharge for any such money or property as if he were duly authorized by power of attorney to act for him in that behalf:
Powers of consular officers in relation to property in Hong Kong of deceased persons.
1949 c. 29, s. 1.
1972 Ed.]
Consular Conventions
[CAP. 267
1
CHAPTER 267
CONSULAR CONVENTIONS
To confer upon the consular officers of foreign States with which consular conventions are concluded by Her Majesty certain powers relating to the administration of the estates and prop- erty of deceased persons.
Originally
12 of 1951.
17 of 1970. 26 of 1971.
[20th April, 1951.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Consular Conven- tions Ordinance.
Short title.
1949 c. 29, s. 4(3).
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires Interpretation,
"consular office" means any building or part of a building which is exclusively occupied for the purposes of the official business of a consular officer.
3. (1) Where any person who is a national of a State to which this section applies is named as executor in the will of a deceased person disposing of property in Hong Kong, or is other- wise a person to whom a grant of representation to the estate in Hong Kong of a deceased person may be made, then if the court is satisfied, on the application of a consular officer of the said State, that the said national is not resident in Hong Kong, and if no application for a grant of such representation is made by a person duly authorized by power of attorney to act for him in that behalf, the court shall make to that officer any such grant of representation to the estate of the deceased as would be made to him if he were so authorized as aforesaid.
(2) Where any person who is a national of a State to which this section applies-
(a) is entitled to any money or other property in Hong Kong forming part of the estate of a deceased person, or to receive payment in Hong Kong of any money becoming due on the death of a deceased person; or
(b) is among the persons to whom any money or other property of a deceased person may under any Ordinance, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, be paid or delivered without grant of probate or other proof of title,
then if the said national is not resident in Hong Kong a consular officer of that State shall have the like right and power to receive and give a valid discharge for any such money or property as if he were duly authorized by power of attorney to act for him in that behalf:
Powers of consular officers in relation to property in Hong Kong of deceased
persons.
1949 c. 29, s. 1.
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