Public Trustee substituted for Curator of Intestate Estates
7 Public Trustee substituted for Curator of Intestate Estates
The Public Trustee shall be administrator of all and singular the real and personal estate, effects, and credits of every deceased person whose estate the Curator of Intestate Estates shall have been authorized to collect, manage, or administer, as fully as if letters of administration had been granted to the Public Trustee.
Wherever the expression "Curator of Intestate Estates" occurs in any Act, by-law, regulation, rule, document, deed, or instrument, the same shall be read and construed as if the expression "Public Trustee" were substituted therefor.
The operation of this section shall relate back to the commencement of the Public Trust Office Act 1912.
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