A holder of certain offices and positions may appoint a trustee company to discharge duties
23 A holder of certain offices and positions may appoint a trustee company to discharge duties
Any executor or administrator acting under any probate or letters of administration, whether granted before or after the commencement of this Act, and any trustee, receiver, committee, guardian, liquidator or official liquidator whether appointed before or after that commencement, with the consent of the Court may appoint a trustee company to perform and discharge all the acts and duties of the executor, administrator, trustee, receiver, committee, guardian, liquidator or official liquidator, as the case may be, and the trustee company shall have power to perform and discharge all those acts and duties accordingly.
Where a trustee company is appointed under this section to perform and discharge the acts and duties of an office or position, the executor, administrator, trustee, receiver, committee, guardian, liquidator or official liquidator so appointing the trustee company shall be released from liability in respect of all acts done by or omitted to be done by the trustee company acting under the appointment.
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