ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES BY CONSULAR OFFICERS ORDINANCE

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES BY CONSULAR OFFICERS ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

ADMINISTRANT RATION OF ESTATES BY CONSULAR OFFICERS

ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 191





CHAPTER 191.

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES BY CONSULAR OFFICERS.

To make provision for the administration of estates by consular
officers.

[15th March, 1940.]

WHEREAS it is expedient that effect should be given in the Colony to
the provisions of certain Treaties of Commerce and Navigation
mentioned in the Schedule hereto:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Administration of Estates by
Consular Officers Ordinance.

2. Whenever any subject or citizen of any State mentioned in the
first column of the Schedule

(a) dies within the Colony, or

(b)dies outside the Colony, leaving property within the Colony,

and no person is present in the Colony at the time of his death who is
rightfully entitled to administer the estate of such deceased person, the
consul, vice-consul, or consular agent of such State within the Colony
may take possession and have the custody of the property of such
deceased person, and may apply the same in payment of his debts and
funeral expenses, and may retain the surplus for the benefit of the
persons entitled thereto; but such consul, vice-consul, or consular
agent shall immediately apply for, and shall be entitled to obtain from
the court, letters of administration of the property of such deceased
person, limited in such manner and for such time as to the court shall
seem fit.

3. The Governor may by order notified in the Gazette under the
hand of the Colonial Secretary vary the Schedule

(a)by deleting therefrom any State when the provision of the
Treaty with that State mentioned in the Schedule shall have
ceased to have effect;

(b)by adding thereto any State with whom Her Majesty shall make
a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation containing provision
similar to any of the provisions mentioned in the Schedule.





SCHEDULE.

Originally 7 of 1940. Preamble. Short title. Administration of estates by Consular Officers. Variation of Schedule.

Originally 7 of 1940. Preamble. Short title. Administration of estates by Consular Officers. Variation of Schedule.

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