# Navy and Marines (Property Of Deceased) Act 1865, Section 4: Residue belonging to deceased persons in civil service of Navy.


On the death of any person being or having been employed in any of Her Majesty’s dockyards or other naval establishment, or in any of the civil departments of the Navy, or entitled to an allowance from the Compassionate Fund, or of any widowor surviving civil partner entitled to a pension on the establishment of the Navy, the amount (if any) due by the Admiralty (which amount is hereafter in this Act, with reference to every such case, called the residue), shall be disposed of according to the provisions of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/28-29/111/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/navy-and-marines-property-of-deceased-act-1865/section-4
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