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Forfeiture Act 1870
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9The Crown may appoint administrators of any convict's property.
It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, or for any person in that behalf authorized by Her Majesty, under Her Royal. Sign Manual (and which authority may be given either generally or with reference to any particular case), if to Her Majesty or to the person so authorized it shall seem fit, by writing under Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, or under the hand of the person so authorized as aforesaid, to commit the custody and management of the property of any convict, during Her Majesty's pleasure, to an administrator, to be by such writing appointed in that behalf; and every such appointment may be revoked by the same or the like authority by which it is made; and upon any determination thereof, either by revocation or by the death or any such administrator, a new administrator may be appointed by the same or the like authority from time to time; and every such new administrator shall, upon his appointment, be and be deemed to be the successor-in-law of the former administrator; and all property vested in, and all powers given to, such former administrator by virtue of this Act shall thereupon devolve to and become vested in such successor, who shall be bound by all acts lawfully done by such former administrator during the continuance of his office; and the provisions herein-after contained with reference to any administrator shall, in the case of the appointment of more than one person, apply to such administrators jointly.
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