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Preamble, The Escheat Ordinance
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Escheat [Cap. 20 145
CHAPTER 20.
ESCHEAT.
WHEREAS by an Act of the Imperial Parliament passed in the
Session holden in the 15th and 16th years of Her Majesty's
Reign provision is made for the appropriation of any casual
revenues arising within the Colonies or Foreign Possessions of
the Crown (other than Droits of the Crown and Droits of the
Admiralty) for or towards any public purposes within the
Colonies or Possessions in which the same respectively may have
arisen, and it is expedient to provide for the appropriation of
such casual revenue, including the revenue to arise from the
estates and effects of persons who have died intestate and
without heirs or next of kin:
And Whereas it is necessary to establish a course of procedure
in cases of escheat:
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