Regulation 39 Law applicable on death of depositor

Where, in the event of the death of a depositor, any payment under these Regulations is made in accordance with the law of the place in which the depositor resided at the date of his death, that payment shall, unless notice in writing to the effect that the depositor was at that date domiciled elsewhere was received by the Director of Savings before the payment was made, be deemed for the purposes of these Regulations to have been duly made.