18. Official name of Official Assignee
Feedback & supportThe Official Assignee shall have the following official names:
Official Assignee
“Official Assignee” includes a Deputy Official Assignee, a Senior Assistant Official Assignee and an Assistant Official Assignee;
where he has been appointed as the interim receiver of a debtor’s property under section 73, “The Official Assignee of the Property of (name of debtor), a Debtor”;
debtor
“debtor” means the individual to whom a debt repayment scheme applies under this Part;
where he is acting as the receiver and trustee of the estate of a bankrupt under Part VII, “The Official Assignee of the Estate of (name of bankrupt), a Bankrupt”; and
trustee
“trustee”, in relation to a bankruptcy and a bankrupt, means the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate.
where he is acting as the trustee of the estate of a deceased debtor in bankruptcy under section 148, “The Official Assignee of the Estate of (name of deceased debtor), a Deceased Debtor”,and may, by such official name, sue and be sued, hold property of every description, enter into contracts or any engagements binding on himself and his successors in office, and do all other acts necessary or expedient to be done in the execution of his office.
property
“property” includes money, goods, things in action, land and every description of property wherever situated and also obligations and every description of interest, whether present or future or vested or contingent, arising out of or incidental to, property;