'ملف 18/54 I (A 89) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني لمسقط: تشريعات جديدة' [ظ‎‎٦] (٣٩٦/١٨)

Annex 5.
MUSCAT.
Notice.
The following rules and regulations made by His Majesty's Consul
are published for general information.
Dated at Muscat this 28tli day of March 1911.
A. P. Trevor , Major,
His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Muscat.
Rules and Regulations under Article L of the Muscat
Order in Council 1867.
No. 4 of 1911.
Probate and Administration.
Whereas it is necessary in order to ensure the proper securing and
administration of the estates of British subjects and British protected
persons who die and leave property in the towns of Muscat and Matrah,
and elsewhere within the dominions of the Sultan of Muscat.
Now, therefore, in pursuance and by virtue of the powers vested in
His Majesty's Consul by Article I. of the Muscat Order in Council 1867,
the following rules for the probate of the wills and the administration of
the estates of such persons are hereby made :—
(1.) The death of any British subject or British protected person in
Muscat or Matrah shall be notified to the Consul within 48 hours of its
occurrence, either by the deceased person's next of kin, or, in the
absence of any relative, by the jam'at (sect or caste council) of the sect
or caste to which the deceased person belonged, or in the case of an
individual employed by a firm of merchants by the local representative
of the firm.
The death of any British subject or British protected person in other
parts of Oman shall be notified to the Consul at the first opportunitv.
(2.) The Consul may, when the circumstances of the case appear to
him so to require, as soon as may be, take possession of the property in
Oman of the deceased, or put it under his seal (in either case if the
nature of the property or other circumstances so require making an
inventory) and so keep it until it can be dealt with according to law^
All expenses incurred on behalf of the Consul in so doing shall be
the first charge on the property of the deceased person, and the Consul
shall, by sale of part of that property, or otherwise, provide for the
discharge of these expenses.
(3.) Application for probate or for letters of administration should be
made to the Consul within one month of the death of the deceased
person.
(4.) On receiving notice of the death of such a person the Consul will
put up a notice thereof at his office and will keep the same there until
PI 0 . ^ e . 01 a dministration is granted, or until the expirj' - of 30 days after
which time he will proceed to administer the estate in accordance with
the provisions of Article 29 of the Muscat Order in Council.
(5.) If a person who has been named executor in a will, and to the
establishment of whose title as such it is necessary to obtain probate of
that will takes possession of and administers or otherwise deals with anv
part of the property of the deceased person, and does not obtain probate
within one month after the death, or after the termination of any pro
ceeding respecting probate or administration, he shall be punished with
a fine which may extend to (|500) five hundred dollars.