PAYMENT OF SMALL SUMS DUE TO THE ESTATES OF DECEASED CIVIL SERVANTS ORDINANCE
Title
PAYMENT OF SMALL SUMS DUE TO THE ESTATES OF DECEASED CIVIL SERVANTS ORDINANCE
Description
Payment of small sums due to the estates of deceased Civil Servants.
No. 1 of 1886.
An Ordinance to empower the Colonial Treasurer to pay otherwise
than to Executors or Administrators small Sums due
on account of Pay or Allowances to Persons deceased.
[10th March, 1886.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
Lenislative Council thereof, as folio ws : -w
Tr,:asur~, &s. 1. On the death of any person or persons to whom
respectively any
may, on death
af persona in surn or sums of money not exceedin;y five hundred dollars
may be pay-
',civil, i a toy able by a public department within the Colony in respect
of civil pay or
sums under
$500, direct allowances or annuities granted either under the authority of
the Govern-
pment
ay of it sball be lawfal for
there ment of the Colony or of the British Government,
withont
odiictioA of the Treasurer on being satisfied of the expediency of
dispensing with
~a~ ~~ t ,a' probate or letters of administration, to authorize the
payment of such surzl
ti°x'. Lg1 and or sums to such person or persons as the Treasurer may
consider entitled
82 V. 90,
thereto, without requiring the production of probate or of letters of
administration, payment to he made under such regulations as the Trea-
surer may direct.
. 2. Any payment ,made in pur,:uance of this Ordinance shall be valid
against all persons whatever, and all persons acting under its provisions
sh,9Il` be absolutely discharged from all liability in respect of any
monies
dilly paid or applied by, them under this Ordinance.
3. This Ordinance shad not come into force until Her Majesty's.
confirmation or allowance thereof shall have been proclaimed.
'=xnent.of Ordinance.
[ Confirmation proclaimed 5th June, 1886.]
1954
Treasurer, &c. may, on death of persons in civil service entitled to sums under $500, direct payment thereof without production of letters of administration.
[31 and 32 V. c. 90, s. 1.]
Indemnity.
[31 and 32 V. c. 90, s. 2.]
Commencement of Ordinance.
No. 1 of 1886.
An Ordinance to empower the Colonial Treasurer to pay otherwise
than to Executors or Administrators small Sums due
on account of Pay or Allowances to Persons deceased.
[10th March, 1886.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
Lenislative Council thereof, as folio ws : -w
Tr,:asur~, &s. 1. On the death of any person or persons to whom
respectively any
may, on death
af persona in surn or sums of money not exceedin;y five hundred dollars
may be pay-
',civil, i a toy able by a public department within the Colony in respect
of civil pay or
sums under
$500, direct allowances or annuities granted either under the authority of
the Govern-
pment
ay of it sball be lawfal for
there ment of the Colony or of the British Government,
withont
odiictioA of the Treasurer on being satisfied of the expediency of
dispensing with
~a~ ~~ t ,a' probate or letters of administration, to authorize the
payment of such surzl
ti°x'. Lg1 and or sums to such person or persons as the Treasurer may
consider entitled
82 V. 90,
thereto, without requiring the production of probate or of letters of
administration, payment to he made under such regulations as the Trea-
surer may direct.
. 2. Any payment ,made in pur,:uance of this Ordinance shall be valid
against all persons whatever, and all persons acting under its provisions
sh,9Il` be absolutely discharged from all liability in respect of any
monies
dilly paid or applied by, them under this Ordinance.
3. This Ordinance shad not come into force until Her Majesty's.
confirmation or allowance thereof shall have been proclaimed.
'=xnent.of Ordinance.
[ Confirmation proclaimed 5th June, 1886.]
1954
Treasurer, &c. may, on death of persons in civil service entitled to sums under $500, direct payment thereof without production of letters of administration.
[31 and 32 V. c. 90, s. 1.]
Indemnity.
[31 and 32 V. c. 90, s. 2.]
Commencement of Ordinance.
Abstract
1954
Treasurer, &c. may, on death of persons in civil service entitled to sums under $500, direct payment thereof without production of letters of administration.
[31 and 32 V. c. 90, s. 1.]
Indemnity.
[31 and 32 V. c. 90, s. 2.]
Commencement of Ordinance.
Treasurer, &c. may, on death of persons in civil service entitled to sums under $500, direct payment thereof without production of letters of administration.
[31 and 32 V. c. 90, s. 1.]
Indemnity.
[31 and 32 V. c. 90, s. 2.]
Commencement of Ordinance.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/488
Edition
1890
Volume
v4
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 1 of 1886
Number of Pages
1
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“PAYMENT OF SMALL SUMS DUE TO THE ESTATES OF DECEASED CIVIL SERVANTS ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed March 3, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/488.
