Districts, Registrars, and official receDistricts, Registrars, and official receivers.

### Districts, Registrars, and official receivers. Cf. E.B.A., ss. 70, 102. N.S.W., s. 139. Vic., ss. 13, 70. Q., ss. 4, 9, 78, 81, 83. S.A., ss. 41, 48, 50. W.A., ss. 63, 64, 68, 92. Tas., s. 61. 12.—(1.) For the purposes of this Act the Governor-General may by proclamation declare any part of the Commonwealth to be a District. (2.) There shall be in each District a Registrar in Bankruptcy, and such Deputy Registrars, official receivers, and other officers, as are necessary. (3.) An official receiver may, if the Governor-General thinks fit, be remunerated by fees and commission only. (4.) Where an official receiver is remunerated by fees and commission only— (a) if, in respect of any estate, the official receiver is appointed trustee or no trustee is appointed, he shall receive commission as trustee of the estate; and (b) if, in respect of any estate, a person other than the official receiver is appointed trustee, the official receiver shall receive such fees as are prescribed, and such commission as the Court directs. (5.) The Registrars and Deputy Registrars shall be officers of the Court and shall have such duties as the Attorney-General directs or as are prescribed. (6.) The Attorney-General may by order direct that any specified Deputy Registrar shall have and exercise any or all of the powers and functions of a Registrar. (7.) An official receiver shall act under the general authority and directions of the Registrar, and shall also be an officer of the Court. (8.) The Court shall distribute the receiverships of the particular estates among the official receivers in the prescribed manner. (9.) The official receiver appointed for any particular estate shall be the official receiver for that particular estate.