Section 76

where any passenger has died on board any vessel in the course of a voyage to Brunei, the master of the vessel in which such passenger has died shall, immediately upon the arrival of the ves-sel in Brunei, hand over to the Director of Marine all the goods and effects of such passenger then on board of such vessel;

thereupon the Director of Marine shall take possession of goods and effects, and-

if he thinks that their value is more than $500, he shall forthwith hand them over to the Prob-ate Officer to whom he shall also furnish in writing all such infofmation as he may have been able to obtain about the deceased pas-senger and as he may consider likely to be useful for the estate; and

at any time within 12 months of the time when the proceeds of any estate have been paid to the Permanent Secretary under this section, any person entitled to the said proceeds, or to any por-tion thereof, may apply to the Director of Marine for the same, and, at the expiration of the said 12

months, the Director of Marine may make applica-tion in that behalf to the Permanent Secretary, and the Permanent Secretary shall pay to the Director

Probate and Administration of Marine the said proceeds or a portion thereof, and the Director of Marine shall distribute the same amongst the applicants in such manner as he may consider just and convenient;

before distributing any estate or paying the proceeds of any estate into the Treasury under this section, the Director of Marine shall deduct the amount of any expenses or costs which he may have incurred in advertising or otherwise in the administration of the same; and

if no person entitled applies to the Director of Marine under paragraph (c) within the 12

months mentioned in that paragraph, the proceeds of the estate shall be paid over to the general re-venue; but it shall be lawful for the Minister, with-in a period of 6 years thereafter, to direct a refund of the same, or any portion thereof, to any person who establishes, to his satisfaction, a legal, equit-able or moral claim thereto.

Where such goods and effects have been handed over to, or taken possession of by, the Probate Officer, he may, after such inquiry as he may think sufficient, distribute them, in such manner as he may consider just and conve-nient, amongst the persons who may appear to him, in his discretion, to be entitled thereto or if he can find no such persons within 6 months of t~e time when the goods and effects come into his hands, then he shall sell them and pay the proceeds of the sale into the Treasury, to a special account to be there kept for that purpose, or into the account of the Government at such bank as the Permanent

Secretary may direct.

The provisions of any written law relating to un-claimed balances shall apply to moneys paid into any account under this section as they do to any balance of an intestate's estate.

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Interpreta-tion

Sealing of probates and letters of administra-tion

Probate and Administration

( 4) For the purposes of this section "voyage of a passenger to Brunei" means the voyage of a passenger which would in the ordinary course terminate in Brunei as the port of destination of the passenger.

Any master of a vessel who refuses or neglects to comply with the requirements of this section shall be gui1ty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $5,000.