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NAVY AND MARINES (PROPERTY OF DECEASED) ACT 1865 - SECT 11

Provision for payment of debts out of residue.

11. In the case of a seaman or marine, where representation is not taken out,
the Admiralty shall before disposing of the residue or any part thereof
satisfy out of the residue (as far as the same will extend) any debt of the
deceased of which they have notice, subject to the following conditions:

First.That the debt accrued due within three years before the death:

Second.That payment of it is claimed within two years after the death:

Third.That the claimant proves the debt to the satisfaction of the Admiralty:

Fourth.That six months have elapsed from the receipt by the Admiralty of
notice of the death, and no person has shown herself or himself to the
satisfaction of the Admiralty to be entitled to take out representation to the
deceased.

In any such case, any person claiming to be a creditor of the deceased shall
not be entitled to obtain payment of his debt out of any money being under
this Act in the hands of the Admiralty by any means or proceeding whatever,
except by means of a claim lodged with the Admiralty, and proceedings thereon
under and according to this Act.

S.12 rep. by SLR 1893


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