The original (1919) Regulations contained only one sentence under the heading
53 Proof of death of depositor.

 

Subsequent amendments to the Regulations contained provisions in relation to
'a depositor [that] has not been heard of for a period of seven years or more'.
This additional provision is reproduced below, from the 1930 edition of the Regulations

 

The Committee of Management may require proof to their satisfaction of the death of a depositor.

 

The Committee of Management may accept as conclusive proof of the death of a depositor and of the date of the death of a depositor such statement or information as the Committee of Management may in their absolute discretion think fit and a statement or information to their satisfaction that a depositor has not been heard of for a period of seven years or more may be accepted by them as conclusive proof of the death of such depositor. Any payment which may be made under these Regulations in reliance on such statement or information as aforesaid shall be a good discharge to the Corporation for the sum paid notwithstanding that the depositor may be in fact alive at the time of such payment. In this Regulation and in Regulation 65 hereof the expression " depositor " includes any person beneficially interested at any time in the personal estate of a deceased depositor or who, in certain circumstances, would be or would have been beneficially interested at any time in the personal estate of a deceased depositor.