# The Navy and Marines (Property of Deceased) Order 1956, Article 19


With respect to any case provided for by paragraph (3) of section 8 of the Act the ground of the non-applicability of paragraphs (1) and (2) of that section being the absence of proof of the death of some person, proof of whose death is requisite to make those paragraphs applicable, then and in every such case, if it appears to the Inspector that those paragraphs would have been applicable but for the desertion or misconduct of the person, proof of whose death is wanting, the Inspector shall proceed as if the death of that person were proved.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1217/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/navy-and-marines-property-of-deceased-order-1956/article-19
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