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MINORS (PROPERTY AND CONTRACTS) ACT 1970 - SECT 10

Fiduciary office

10 Fiduciary office

(1) A person aged eighteen years or upwards may, after the commencement of this Act:
(a) be granted probate of a will as executor or letters of administration as administrator of the estate of a deceased person,
(b) become a trustee upon a constructive or other trust by declaration, appointment or otherwise,
(c) be a guardian of the person or of the estate of a minor,
(d) be a next friend or guardian ad litem of a minor or of a mentally ill person for the purpose of proceedings in any court,
(e) be appointed as a receiver,
(f) be appointed as a committee or manager under the Mental Health Act 1958 , and
(g) be appointed to any other fiduciary office.
(2) After the commencement of this Act a person aged eighteen years or upwards and holding any of the offices mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f) of subsection (1) or any other fiduciary office may exercise the powers of that office and shall not be under the disability of infancy in relation to the rights, duties and liabilities incident to that office.



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