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Public Trustee Act 1979
86Failure to deliver, &c.
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86 Failure to deliver, &c.
(1) If a person fails to deliver, convey, transfer or assign to the Public
Trustee the property either real or personal to which the Public
Trustee is entitled as executor, trustee or administrator of an estate,
the Public Trustee may apply to the Court for an order requiring the
delivery, conveyance, transfer or assignment by that person to the
Public Trustee.
(2) The Court may, in an application by the Public Trustee under
subsection (1), order that a person summoned in pursuance of that
application produce to the Court all books, papers, deeds,
documents and any writings whatsoever touching or concerning the
property or the estate on whose behalf the Public Trustee is acting.