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33. Appointment of person other than Official Assignee as trustee in bankruptcy
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(1)
The court may —
(a)
on making a bankruptcy order; and
(b)
on the application of the creditor who applied for the bankruptcy order,appoint a person other than the Official Assignee to be the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate.
(2)
The official name of the trustee shall be —
trustee
Defined · s 2
“trustee”, in relation to a bankruptcy and a bankrupt, means the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate.
(a)
“the Trustee of the estate of (name of bankrupt), a Bankrupt”; or
(b)
“the Trustee in Bankruptcy of (name of bankrupt), a Bankrupt”.