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ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1860 . 465


Probate and Administration.


Official copy
25. An official copy of the whole or any part of a will , or an official of whole or
certificate of the grant of any letters of administration , may be obtained part of a will
may be ob
from the Registry on the payment of such fees as shall be fixed for the tained .

same by the rules and orders under this Ordinance.
Administra
26. Pending any suit touching the validity of the will of any de
tionspendente
lite.
ceased person, or for obtaining, recalling, or revoking any probate or any
grant of administration , the Court may appoint an administrator of the

personal estate of such deceased person : And the administrator so ap

pointed shall have all the rights and powers of a general administrator ,
other than the right of distributing the residue of such personal estate :
And every such administrator shall be subject to the immediate control
of the Court and act under its direction .

27. All the provisions contained in this Ordinance respecting grants Administra
tion pending
of administration pending suit shall be deemed to apply to the case of suit to apply
to appeals.
appeals to Her Majesty in Council from any decision of the said Court in
its Probate Jurisdiction .
Remunera
28. It shall and may be lawful for the said Court to allow to any tion allowed
executor or administrator including administrators appointed pendente to executors
and adminis
lite as aforesaid such remuneration out of the estate of the deceased as trators.

shall be just and reasonable for their pains and trouble therein : Pro
vided always, that no allowance whatever shall be made to any executor
or administrator who shall neglect to pass his accounts at such time , or
to dispose of any monies, goods , chattels , or securities with which he

shall be chargeable in such manner as in pursuance of any rule or order
of the said Court shall be requisite.

29. Where any person after the commencement of this Ordinance Executors
renouncing
renounces probate of the will of which he is appointed executor or one of probate.

the executors , the rights of such person in respect of the executorship
shall wholly cease, and the representation of the testator and the admi
nistrator of the effects shall and may, without any further renunciation ,

go , devolve, and be committed in like manner as if such person had not
been appointed executor.

30. Where a person has died or shall die wholly intestate as to his Power as to
appointment
personal estate or leaving a will affecting personal estate but without of adminis
trator.
having appointed an executor thereof willing and competent to take pro
bate, or where the executor shall at the time of the death of such person
be resident out of the Colony of Hongkong, or where it shall appear to the