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Public Trustee Act 1978
sec.130Allowance of claims
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### sec.130 Allowance of claims
Subject to the terms of any particular trust, the public trustee may, in the administration of any estate under administration or the performance of any power or duty under this Act, act on information which, though not admissible under any rule of evidence, appears to be credible as to matters of fact.
The public trustee may at any time require an affidavit, statutory declaration or other sufficient evidence in support of the claim of any person whether as creditor or as beneficially entitled or otherwise and may refuse payment or transfer until such affidavit, declaration or evidence is produced.
The public trustee may allow any claim which is made upon or before the public trustee upon the evidence of the claimant alone or, where the public trustee thinks fit to call for further evidence, upon such further evidence as the public trustee requires.
Acting in good faith, the public trustee shall not be liable for accepting as correct and acting upon any written statement or declaration by any person whom the public trustee believes to be trustworthy, as to any birth, death, marriage or other matter of pedigree or relationship, or other matter of fact, upon which the title to any estate or any part thereof may depend.
(sec.130-ssec.1) Subject to the terms of any particular trust, the public trustee may, in the administration of any estate under administration or the performance of any power or duty under this Act, act on information which, though not admissible under any rule of evidence, appears to be credible as to matters of fact.
(sec.130-ssec.2) The public trustee may at any time require an affidavit, statutory declaration or other sufficient evidence in support of the claim of any person whether as creditor or as beneficially entitled or otherwise and may refuse payment or transfer until such affidavit, declaration or evidence is produced.
(sec.130-ssec.3) The public trustee may allow any claim which is made upon or before the public trustee upon the evidence of the claimant alone or, where the public trustee thinks fit to call for further evidence, upon such further evidence as the public trustee requires.
(sec.130-ssec.4) Acting in good faith, the public trustee shall not be liable for accepting as correct and acting upon any written statement or declaration by any person whom the public trustee believes to be trustworthy, as to any birth, death, marriage or other matter of pedigree or relationship, or other matter of fact, upon which the title to any estate or any part thereof may depend.