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ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1958 - SECT 24A

Uncared for property

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     the owner of any property in Victoria is absent from Victoria and has no agent or attorney in Victoria with authority to take possession of and administer the property; or

        (b)     it is not known who the owner of any property in Victoria is; or

        (c)     it is not known where the owner of any property in Victoria is; or

        (d)     it is not known whether the owner of any property in Victoria is alive or dead; or

        (e)     the owner of any property in Victoria is dead and has left executors or administrators and it is not known where they are.

S. 24A(2) amended by No. 15/1998
s. 5(b)(i)(ii).

    (2)     If a trustee company applies for an order and the Court is satisfied that it is in the interests of the owner of the property or of any other person, the Court may make an order on any terms and conditions it thinks fit authorising the trustee company to do any act, matter or thing in relation to the property or affairs of the owner of the property as is specified in the order.

No. 3632 s. 21.



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