1985 Ed.]
Trustee
[CAP. 29
37
(3) Any fit and proper person nominated for the purpose in the application may be appointed a judicial trustee, and, in the absence of such nomination, or if the court is not satisfied of the fitness of a person so nominated, an official of the court may be appointed, and in any case a judicial trustee shall be subject to the control and supervision of the court as an officer thereof.
(4) The court may, either on request or without request, give to a judicial trustee any general or special directions in regard to the trust or the administration thereof.
(5) There may be paid to the judicial trustee out of the trust property such remuneration, not exceeding any prescribed limits, as the court may assign in each case, subject to any rules under this Part respecting the application of such remuneration where the judicial trustee is an official of the court, and the remuneration so assigned to any judicial trustee shall, save as the court may for special reasons otherwise order, cover all his work and personal outlay.
(6) Once in every year the accounts of every trust of which a judicial trustee has been appointed shall be audited, and a report thereon made to the court by such persons as may be prescribed, and, in any case where the court shall so direct, an inquiry into the administration by a judicial trustee of any trust, or into any dealing or transaction of a judicial trustee, shall be made in such manner as may be prescribed.
64. The Chief Justice may with the approval of the Legislative Council make rules for carrying into effect this Part of this Ordinance and especially to prescribe or provide for-
(a) requiring judicial trustees, who are not officials of the court, to give security for the due application of any trust property under their control;
(b) the safety of the trust property, and the custody thereof;
(c) the remuneration of judicial trustees and the fees to be taken under this Part so as to cover the expenses of the administration of this Part, and the payment of such remuneration and fees out of the trust property, and, where the judicial trustee is an official of the court, the application of the remuneration and fees payable to him;
(d) dispensing with formal proof of facts in proper cases;
(e) facilitating the discharge by the court of administrative duties under this Part without judicial proceedings and otherwise regulating procedure under this Part and making it simple and inexpensive;
(f) the suspension or removal of any judicial trustee, and the succession of another person to the office of any judicial trustee who may cease to hold office, and the vesting in such person of any trust property;
Rules. 1896 c. 35. s. 4.