Probate and Administration Ordinance

(1)
If at the expiration of
                12
                months from the death of a person any personal representative of the deceased to
                whom a grant has been made is residing out of Hong Kong the court may, on the
                application of any creditor or person interested in the estate of the deceased,
                grant to him special administration of the estate of such deceased person.
(Amended
E.R. 5 of 2020
)
(2)
The court may, for the purpose of any legal proceedings to which the administrator under the special administration is a party, order the transfer into the name of the Registrar of any money or securities belonging to the estate of the deceased person and all persons shall obey any such order.
(3)
If the personal representative, capable of acting as such, returns to and resides within Hong Kong while any legal proceedings to which a special administrator is a party are pending, that personal representative shall be made a party to the legal proceedings.
[cf. 1925 c. 49 s. 164 U.K.]