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CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 4

4.(1) Where a will contains a charitable gift to be applied or paid in
Northern Ireland, the Ministry may, if it thinks fit, require the person to
whom probate of the will or letters of administration with the will annexed
have been granted

(a)to produce to the Ministry, within six months after the grant of probate or
letters of administration or within two months after the date on which the
Ministry makes the requirement, whichever period expires later, such evidence
as the Ministry may require to show either

(i)that the property comprised in the gift has been transferred to the charity
specified in the will; or

(ii)that the trustees of the charity specified in the will are aware of the
gift; or

(b)to publish, within six months after the grant of probate or letters of
administration or within two months after the date on which the Ministry makes
the requirement, whichever period expires later, such particulars of the gift
as the Ministry may require and in such manner as the Ministry may specify.

(2) If any person fails to comply with any requirement made under subsection
(1) he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a
fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.

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