26Court, when protector, may consent to disposition and make necessary orders, and disposition not valid without consent of joint protector, if any

26 Court, when protector, may consent to disposition and make necessary orders, and disposition not valid without consent of joint protector, if any

[Section 26 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ]

(1)  In every case in which the Court shall be the protector of a settlement, the Court while protector of such settlement shall, on the motion or petition in a summary way by a tenant in tail under such settlement, have full power to consent to a disposition under this Act by such tenant in tail.

(2)  The disposition to be made by such tenant in tail upon such motion or petition as aforesaid, shall be such as shall be approved of by the Court.

(3)  It shall be lawful for the Court to make such orders in the matter as shall be thought necessary.

(4)  If the Court shall, in lieu of any such person as aforesaid, be the protector of a settlement, and there shall be any other person protector of the same settlement jointly with such person as aforesaid, the disposition by the tenant in tail, though approved of as aforesaid, shall not be valid unless such other person being protector as aforesaid shall consent thereto, in the manner in which the consent of the protector is by this Act required to be given.