WIDOWS AND CHILDREN RELIEF ORDINANCE, 1886

WIDOWS AND CHILDREN RELIEF ORDINANCE, 1886

ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1886.

Widows and Children .Relief.

No. 10 of 1886.
An Ordinance entitled 11n 0fdinance ,for the .Relief of Widows
and Children of Intestates where the personal estate is of small
value.
[7th May, 1886.E

B E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the

Le.' - reof, as fo1lows:---
yslatm~e Council the

1. This Ordinance.may be cited for all purposes as Pie Widows and Short
title.
Children Relief Ordinance, .T 886; and shall be react and construed as one
with Ordinances No. 8 of 1800 and any Ordinance amending the same.

2, There the whole estate and effects of any person. dying intestate
Application
to Registrar

within the Colony shall not exceed in value the sum of $500 his widow
wbem estate

sloes 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. y

or children respectively are resident within the Colony may apply to the
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Registrar of the Supreme Court and the said Registrar shall fill up tlle
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 staid
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.

The said Registrar may require such proof as he may think
Sufficient to establish the identity and relationship of the applicant.

4. If the said Registrar has reason to believe that the whole estate
and effects of which the intestate died possessed exceeds in value $0500

,

he shall refuse to proceed with the application until he is satisfied as to

the actual value thereof..

Proof of iden-
tity of person

~Ma plying

a. 52, s. 2.a

Registrar
may refuse to
proceed.
~1bil. s. 3.3

65. Any rules and orders and tables of fees requisite for carrying this
Power to
~Qrdinance into operation shall be framed and nay, from tine.to time, be
frame rules'
.altered by the Chief Justice o£ the Supreme Court but the total amount
[Ibid. s. 5]
.to be charged to applicants shall not in any one case exceed the sums

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mentioned in the schedule to this Ordinance and no such rules and orders
Windows and Children Relief.

Ordinance No. 10 of 1886.

or tables of.fees ox' alterations thereof shall have any force
or effect until

`o: 12 of
~b7~.~ the same shall have been approvers of by the Legislative Council
of the

.Colony and published in the Gazette.

Not to affect 6. Nothing herein contained shall ba construed to affect any
duty.
duty an adnli- -
nistration., now payable on letters of administration. _'

Schedule,
420.

Short title;,

,s

~ssne a£
~leberit~iz~e~:

E'itncaPit1 and
.'ntexest

f'4yabie out

of f revenue.,,,

'F'nce of. each

-=s- debenture ; '.

'rintexest ;
mode~of

-in~r of
a

. SCHEDULE.
Where the whole estate and effects of the intestate suall not exceed in
value $100,
the sum of $l : and where the whole estate and effects shall exceed in
value $100, the
sum of $1; and the further sum of 20 cents for every $50 or fraction of
$50 by which
the°valae shall exceed $100.
1969
Short title.
Application to Registrar where estate does not exceed $500.
[36 & 37 V. c. 52 , s. 1.]
[38 & 39 V. c. 27.]
Proof of identity of person applying
[36 & 37 V. c. 52, s. 2.]
Register may refuse to proceed.
[Ibid. s. 3.]
Power to frame rules, &c.
[Ibid, s. 5]
1970
[Vide sec. 24, No .12 of 1873.]
Not to affect duty on administration.
[Ibid. s. 6.]
Schedule.
20.

1969
Short title.
Application to Registrar where estate does not exceed $500.
[36 & 37 V. c. 52 , s. 1.]
[38 & 39 V. c. 27.]
Proof of identity of person applying
[36 & 37 V. c. 52, s. 2.]
Register may refuse to proceed.
[Ibid. s. 3.]
Power to frame rules, &c.
[Ibid, s. 5]
1970
[Vide sec. 24, No .12 of 1873.]
Not to affect duty on administration.
[Ibid. s. 6.]
Schedule.
20.

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