Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Where a person at the date of his or her death is registered as owner of stock of an amount not exceeding $200 and probate of the person's will or letters of administration of the person's estate are not produced to the registrar of inscribed stock, or notice in writing of the existence of a will and of intention to prove it or to take out letters of administration is not given to the said registrar within 3 months after the death of the registered owner, the said registrar may, with the approval of the Treasurer, register transmission of the stock to the widow or some relative or relatives of the deceased.
(2) No person shall have any claim against the said registrar or the Treasurer or the Government in respect of any transmission registered in pursuance of this section, but nothing in this section shall relieve the person or persons to whom transmission is so registered from liability to account for or apply such stock in accordance with law.