ADAPTATION OF LAWS (MILITARY
REFERENCES) ORDINANCE—SCHEDULE 1
3. Adaptation of laws
The enactments specified in Schedule 1 are amended in the manner indicated in that Schedule.
4. Consequential amendments
The enactments specified in Schedule 2 are amended in the manner indicated in that Schedule.
Adaptation of Laws
Jury Ordinance
1. Exemptions from service
(1) Section 5(1)(j) of the Jury Ordinance (Cap. 3) is repealed and the following substituted—
- “(j) members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army;”.
(2) Section 5(1)(p) is amended by repealing “Armed Forces of Her Majesty serving on full pay” and substituting “Chinese People’s Liberation Army”.
Probate and Administration Ordinance
2. Saving as to estates of certain persons
(1) Section 17 of the Probate and Administration Ordinance (Cap. 10) is amended by renumbering it as section 17(1).
(2) Section 17(1) is amended by repealing “any person dying in any of Her Majesty’s forces or of ”.
(3) Section 17 is amended by adding—
- “(2) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to enable or require the Official Administrator to obtain administration of the estate of any person dying in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army for the administration of whose estate provision is made by any law of the Mainland.
