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Section 5: Appointment and powers of Deputy Official Trustee.

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

[(1)] The Government may appoint a Deputy or Deputies to assist the Official Trustee; and any Deputy so appointed shall, subject to the control of the Government and the general or special orders of the Official Trustee, be competent to discharge any of the duties and exercise any of the powers of the Official Trustee, and, when discharging such duties or exercising such powers shall have the same privileges and be subject to the same- liabilities as the Official Trustee.

[(2) No person shall be appointed as a Deputy unless he has been for at least three years--

(a) an advocate; or

(b) an attorney of a High Court; or

(c) a member of the judicial service of a State.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Official Trustees Act, 1913
Section5
Marginal noteAppointment and powers of Deputy Official Trustee.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn 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.

  • renumbered, Act 48 of 1964. . Section 5 was renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 48 of 1964, s. 6.
  • inserted. . Ins, by s. 6, ibid.

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