Section 12: Executor or administrator may pay to Official Trustee legacy, share, etc., of minor or lunatic.

The Official Trustees Act, 1913Central Act · Act 2 of 1913

(1) If any [minor] or lunatic is entitled to any gift, legacy or share of the assets of a deceased person, it shall be lawful for the person by whom such gift is made, or executor or administrator by whom such legacy or share is payable or transferable or any trustee of such gift, legacy or share, to transfer the same by an instrument in writing to the Official Trustee by that name or any other sufficient description with his consent:

Provided that the consent of the Official Trustee shall be recited in the said instrument and that such instrument shall be duly executed by the Official Trustee.

(2) Any money or property transferred to the Official Trustee under this section shall vest in him and shall be subject to the same provisions as arc contained in this Act as to other property vested in such Official Trustee.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Official Trustees Act, 1913
Section	12
Marginal note	Executor or administrator may pay to Official Trustee legacy, share, etc., of minor or lunatic.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 48 of 1964. . Subs. by Act 48 of 1964, s. 8, for "infant".

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