AGED AND INFIRM PERSONS' PROPERTY ACT 1940 - SECT 13

AGED AND INFIRM PERSONS' PROPERTY ACT 1940 - SECT 13

13—Powers of manager

        (1)         The manager shall have the following powers, unless the court in any particular case otherwise orders:

        1.         To take possession of the protected estate, and to recover possession thereof from any person holding the same:

        2.         To repair and insure against any contingency any part of the estate:

        3.         To demand, recover, and receive moneys and personal effects payable to or belonging to the protected person:

        4.         To apply any moneys (whether arising from real or personal property, and whether income or capital) for the maintenance of the protected person, and the spouse or domestic partner and children of the protected person, and for the education of the children of the protected person, and in payment of the debts and liabilities of the protected person:

        5.         To carry on any trade or business theretofore carried on by the protected person, and to carry on the business of any partnership in which the protected person may be a partner:

        6.         To apply for and, if granted, to undertake administration for the use and benefit of the protected person during his incapacity where he would, but for his incapacity, be entitled to a grant of probate or administration.

        (2)         The manager shall have such other powers and duties in respect of the protected estate as the court in and by the protection order, or from time to time, defines or directs, and the court shall have jurisdiction to confer any such powers upon the manager to be exercised generally in respect of the estate or any part thereof, or upon any special occasion, or in respect of any particular subject matter.