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( 10 of 1886.] WIDOWS AND CHILDREN RELIEF .



No. 10 OF 1886 .
An Ordinance entitled An Ordinance for the Relief of
IVidous and Children of Intestates where the personal
estate is of small value.
[7th May, 1886.]
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Short title. 1. This ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The l'id
ous and Children Relief Ordinance, 1886, and shall be read
and construed as one with Ordinance No. 8 of 1860 and any
ordinance amending the same.
Application 2. Where the whole estate and effects of any person dying
to Registrar
where estate
(loes not
intestate within the Colony siall not exceed in value the sun
exceed $ 500 . of $ 500 liis widow or any one or more of his children or in the
( 36 & 37 V. case of a widow so dying intestate as aforesaid her children, as
c . 52 , s. 1. ]
[ 38 & 39 7. the case may be, provided such widow or children respectively
č. 27. ] are resident within the Colony may apply to the Registrar of
the Supreme Court and the said Registrar shall fill ‫ קו‬the usual
papers required by the Court in its probate jurisdiction to lead
to a grant of letters of administration of the estate and effects
of the said intestate and shall swear or declare the applicant and
attest the execution of the administration bond required accord
ing to the practice of the Court in its probate jurisdiction and
he shall also in due course make out and seal the letters of ad
ministration of the estate and effects of the said intestate and
deliver them to the party so applying for the same without pay-.
ment of any fee save as is provided by this ordinance.
Proof of iden . 3. The said Registrar may require such proof as he may
tity of person
applying. think sufficient to establish the identity and relationship of the
[ 36 & 37 V. applicant.
c . 52, s. 2.]
Registrar 4. If the said Registrar las reason to believe that the whole
may refuse to estate and effects of which the intestate died possessed exceeds
[ Ibid, s . 3.] in value $ 300, he shall refuse to proceed with the application
until he is satisfied as to the actual value thereof.
Power to 5. Any rules and orders and tables of fees requisite for carry.
frame rules,, ing this ordinance into operation shall be frained and may , from
[ 1 bid . s. 5. ) time to time, be altered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court but the total amouet to be charged to applicants shall
not in any one case exceed the sums mentioned in the schedule
[ vide soc. 24. to this ordinance and no such rules and orders or tables of fees
No. 12 of
1873. ] or alterations thereof shall have any force or effect until the
same shall have been approved of by the Legislative Council of
the Colony and published in the Gazette.