Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Public Trustee Rules

Regulation 3

Authorised trusts and duties

Subject to the Act and these Rules, the Public Trustee is authorised —

(a)

to accept any trust created or declared by any trust instrument or arising upon an intestacy;

(b)

to accept any duty incident to, and to act in, any of the following offices:

(i)

as incident to the office of the trustee of any trust accepted by him, the office of guardian of any infant beneficiary; and

(ii)

the office (where the execution of any trust is involved therein) of agent or attorney for any person; and

(c)

to accept, by the name of the Public Trustee, probate or letters of administration of any kind and either as principal or as agent for any person:Provided that he shall not accept the trusts of any instrument made solely by way of security for money.

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