Public Trusts Act 1882

Whenever it is proved to the satisfaction of the Recorder that any registered trustee of any registered trust is dead but there is no evidence to satisfy the Recorder when he died, the Recorder shall register such death by writing or causing to be written in the folium in the Register of Public Trusts relating to such trust on the same line with the name of the trustee, in the column headed "cause of cessation from office of trustee" the word "dead", and in the column headed "date of cessation from office of trustee" the date of such entry, and in the proper column shall sign his name to authenticate such entry.