ESCHEATS ORDINANCE
Title
ESCHEATS ORDINANCE
Description
No. 7 of 1869.
Escheats.
An Ordinance to empower the Governor in Council to deal with Moral
Claims to Funds confiscated for Colonial Purposes.
[24th September, 1869.]
WHEREAS pyovision is made by Ordinance NoA of 1857, for the recovery of
funds confiscated for Colonial purposes under Ordinance No. 6 of 1854, _
by
persons duly proving their legal or equitable claims thereto, upon
summary petition
to the Supreme Court; And whereas it is expedient that the Governor in
Council
should be empowered to deal with moral claims upon such funds as
distinguished from
legal or equitable claims: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,
with the advice
of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows
1. The Governor in Council may entertain any moral claim as distinguished
from
any legal or equitable claim which may be submitted to, him by petition
in writing, by
any person praying for payment of any sum of money which may have been
confiscated,
for Colonial purposes under Ordinance No. 6 of 1854, and upon such
petition, it shall
be lawful for the Governor in Council, if lie shall think fit, to order
that such sum frr
any portion thereof, be paid by the Colonial Treasurer to such
petitioner; and all
monies in the Treasury forming part of or arising from the general
revenue of the,,
Colony, shall bo applicable to any payment ordered to be made in manner
aforesaid.
. .2. Any 'order- made by the Governor in Council under this Ordinance
for the rayn,enc4na0x
this Or-41 '48~
payment of the-, whole or of a portion of any°-suns of money which may
have leott ,.;,i¢
confiscated in manner afiiresaid,-shall be a bar to~the extent of ally,
payment-made uridr ~np,^'
.such order, to any claim subsequently preferred to .the samesu under ordinance No.
1 of 1857
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 7 of 1885.]
1035
Title.
Preamble.
The Governor in Council may deal with moral claims to confiscated funds.
Payment under this Ordinance to be a bar pro tanto to subsequent claims under No. 1 of 1857.
Escheats.
An Ordinance to empower the Governor in Council to deal with Moral
Claims to Funds confiscated for Colonial Purposes.
[24th September, 1869.]
WHEREAS pyovision is made by Ordinance NoA of 1857, for the recovery of
funds confiscated for Colonial purposes under Ordinance No. 6 of 1854, _
by
persons duly proving their legal or equitable claims thereto, upon
summary petition
to the Supreme Court; And whereas it is expedient that the Governor in
Council
should be empowered to deal with moral claims upon such funds as
distinguished from
legal or equitable claims: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,
with the advice
of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows
1. The Governor in Council may entertain any moral claim as distinguished
from
any legal or equitable claim which may be submitted to, him by petition
in writing, by
any person praying for payment of any sum of money which may have been
confiscated,
for Colonial purposes under Ordinance No. 6 of 1854, and upon such
petition, it shall
be lawful for the Governor in Council, if lie shall think fit, to order
that such sum frr
any portion thereof, be paid by the Colonial Treasurer to such
petitioner; and all
monies in the Treasury forming part of or arising from the general
revenue of the,,
Colony, shall bo applicable to any payment ordered to be made in manner
aforesaid.
. .2. Any 'order- made by the Governor in Council under this Ordinance
for the rayn,enc4na0x
this Or-41 '48~
payment of the-, whole or of a portion of any°-suns of money which may
have leott ,.;,i¢
confiscated in manner afiiresaid,-shall be a bar to~the extent of ally,
payment-made uridr ~np,^'
.such order, to any claim subsequently preferred to .the samesu under ordinance No.
1 of 1857
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 7 of 1885.]
1035
Title.
Preamble.
The Governor in Council may deal with moral claims to confiscated funds.
Payment under this Ordinance to be a bar pro tanto to subsequent claims under No. 1 of 1857.
Abstract
1035
Title.
Preamble.
The Governor in Council may deal with moral claims to confiscated funds.
Payment under this Ordinance to be a bar pro tanto to subsequent claims under No. 1 of 1857.
Title.
Preamble.
The Governor in Council may deal with moral claims to confiscated funds.
Payment under this Ordinance to be a bar pro tanto to subsequent claims under No. 1 of 1857.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/264
Edition
1890
Volume
v2
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 7 of 1869
Number of Pages
1
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“ESCHEATS ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed February 27, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/264.
