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REGIMENTAL DEBTS ACT 1893 - SECT 9

Disposal by Secretary of State of residue where residue does not exceed #1,500, and no representation.

9. Where the residue does not exceed [#1,500], the Secretary of State may, if
he thinks fit, require representation to be taken out; but if he does not, and
has no notice of a representative of the deceased, then, after the expiration
of the prescribed time and the publication of the prescribed notice (if any),
the residue shall be disposed of as follows:

(1)The Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, pay or apply the residue or
any part thereof, in accordance with the prescribed regulations to or for the
benefit of any of the persons appearing to be beneficially entitled to the
personal estate of the deceased, or any of them, and may for that purpose
invest the same by deposit in a ... savings bank or otherwise, and, if
necessary, in the name or names of a trustee or trustees for any such person.

(2)Any part thereof remaining in the hands of the Secretary of State, and not
irrevocably appropriated, shall be applied in paying any debt of the deceased
which

(a)accrued due within three years before the death; and

(b)is claimed from the Secretary of State within two years after the death;
and

<(c)is proved by the claimant to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State.


(3)Except as above in this section provided, a person shall not be entitled to
obtain payment out of any residue in the hands of a Secretary of State of any
sum due from the deceased.


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