Public Trustee must require delivery or transfer of property to which Public Trustee is entitled
20 Public Trustee must require delivery or transfer of property to which Public Trustee is entitled
The Public Trustee must require administrators and other persons to deliver or transfer to the Public Trustee all property to which the Public
Trustee becomes entitled under this Act.
For the purpose of ascertaining whether an administrator or other person has possession of or is entitled to any property that should be so delivered or transferred, the Public Trustee may institute inquiries regarding the particulars of estates under administration, and held in trust, and may, by summons executed by the Public Trustee, require an administrator or other person to appear before the Public Trustee and answer all questions that may be put with reference to any estate.
The Public Trustee must pay or tender to the person summoned the same amount as the person would have been entitled to had he or she been summoned as a witness to the Supreme Court.
An administrator or other person who, after receiving a summons, fails to attend at the time and place specified in it, or who fails to answer truthfully questions put by or on behalf of the Public Trustee, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Penalty: Division 7 fine or division 7 imprisonment.
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