THE OFFICIAL TRUSTEES ACT,1913


4. (1) The Government shall appoint an Official Trustee for each State:

Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to bar the appointment of the same person as Official Trustee for two or more States.

(2) No person shall be appointed to the office of Official Trustee unless he has been for at least -
(a) seven years, an advocate ; or

(b) seven years, an attorney of a High Court ; or

(c) ten years, a member of the judicial service of a State ; or

(d) five years, a Deputy Official Trustee.

 
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30. (1) The Government shall make rules for carrying into effect the objects of this Act and for regulating the proceedings of the Official Trustee in the discharge of his duties.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for -
(a) the accounts to be kept by the Official Trustee and the audit and inspection thereof ;
(b) the safe custody, and deposit of the funds and securities which come into the hands of the Official Trustee;
(c) the remittance of sums of money in the hands of the Official Trustee in cases in which such remittances are required;
(d) the statements, schedules and other documents to be submitted by the Official Trustee to Government or to any other authority and the publication of such statements, schedules or other documents;
(e) the realisation of the cost of preparing any such statements , schedules or other documents;
(f) subject to the provisions of this Act, the fees to be paid thereunder and the collection and accounting for any fees so fixed;
(g) the manner in which and the person by whom the costs of and incidental to any audit under the provisions of this Act are to be determined and defrayed ;
(h) the manner in which the summonses issued under the provisions of section 20 are to be served and the payment of the expenses of any persons summoned or examined under the provisions of this Act and of any expenditure incidental to such examination;
(i) the acceptance by the Official Trustee of trusts for religious purposes and trusts which involve the management or carrying on of business; and
(j) any matter in this Act directed to be prescribed.