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ORDINANCE No. 10 of 1886. 1969


Widows and Children Relief.


No. 10 of 1886.

An Ordinance entitled An Ordinance for the Relief of Widows

and Children of Intestates where the personal estate is of small
value.

[ 7th May, 1886. ]

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
ВЕ Legislative Council thereof, as follows :

Short title.
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Widows and
Children Relief Ordinance, 1886, and shall be read and construed as one
with Ordinances No. 8 of 1860 and any Ordinance amending the same.

2. Where the whole estate and effects of any person dying intestate Application
to Registrar
where estate
within the Colony shall not exceed in value the sum of $ 500 his widow does not
or any one or more of his children or in the case of a widow so dying in exceed $500.
[36 & 37 V.
testate as aforesaid her children , as the case may be, provided such widow c. 52, s. 1. ]
[38 & 39 V.
or children respectively are resident within the Colony may apply to the c. 27. ]
Registrar of the Supreme Court and the said Registrar shall fill up the
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 according to the practice of the Court
in its probate jurisdiction and he shall also in due course make out and
seal the letters of administration of the estate and effects of the said intes

tate 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 think tity of person
sufficient to establish the identity and relationship of the applicant. applying
[36 & 37 V.
c. 52, s. 2. ]
4. If the said Registrar has reason to believe that the whole estate Registrar
may refuse to
and effects of which the intestate died possessed exceeds in value $ 500 , proceed .
[ Ibid. s. 3. ]
he shall refuse to proceed with the application until he is satisfied as to
the actual value thereof.

5. Any rules and orders and tables of fees requisite for carrying this Power to
frame rules,
Ordinance into operation shall be framed and may, from time to time, be &c.
[ Ibid. s. 5]
altered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court but the total amount
to be charged to applicants shall not in any one case exceed the sums
mentioned in the schedule to this Ordinance and no such rules and orders