PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT 1978 - SECT 95
Restrictions on property dealings or proceedings
PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT 1978 - SECT 95
Restrictions on property dealings or proceedings
95 Restrictions on property dealings or proceedings
(1) During the time when the public trustee is manager of the prisoner’s
estate under this part, a prisoner shall be incapable, except with the consent
in writing of the public trustee—
(a) of alienating or charging any property
or of making any contract; and
(b) of bringing or defending any action of a
property nature or for the recovery of any debt or damage.
(2) If the court
becomes aware that an action has been brought or defended in contravention of
subsection (1) (b) , the prisoner can take no further steps in the action
without the written consent of the public trustee, in the approved form, filed
in the court.
(3) The consent of the public trustee is then taken to have
been given when the action was brought or defended.
