Hong Kong Ordinances

TRUSTEE ORDINANCE - SECT 66

Appointment of Official Trustee

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Amendments retroactively made - see 18 of 1999 s. 3 PART VII

THE OFFICIAL TRUSTEE

(1) For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Part, it
shall be lawful for the Chief Executive to appoint a fit and proper person to
be Official Trustee: (Amended 18 of 1999 s. 3) Provided that, until such
appointment is made, the Official Solicitor shall ex officio exercise all the
powers, privileges and discretions, and discharge the duties required to be
performed by the Official Trustee under this Ordinance.

(2) The said office shall have perpetual succession, and all lands or any
interest therein, and all moneys, stocks, and securities and land which may be
vested in the Official Trustee under this Part shall be deemed to be vested in
the Official Trustee for the time being, without any further transfer or
conveyance. (Amended 98 of 1991 s. 9)