'ملف 18/54 I (A 89) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني لمسقط: تشريعات جديدة' [و‎‎٢‎٨] (٣٩٦/٦٣)

(9918.)
MUSCAT.
NOTICE.
The following Rules and Regulations made by His Majesty's Consul, and allowed
by the Secretary of State, are published for general information.
Dated at Muscat this 22nd day of September, 1911.
G. S. KNOX, Major,
His Britannic Majesty's Acting Consul, Muscat.
Rules and Regulations under Article 1 of 44 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 Miiscat, that Rides should be made ;
Now, therefore, in pursuance and by virtue of the powers vested in His Majesty's
Consul by Article 1 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 forty-eight 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 m other parts of
Oman shall be notified to the Consul at the first opportunity.
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 circumstance
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.
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