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Powers exercisable by committee under order of court
Cap. 122, s. 16 · Revised Edition 2020
The court may by order authorise and direct the committee of the estate of a person of unsound mind to do all or any of the following things,
(a) sell any property belonging to the person of
(b) make exchange or partition of any property belonging to the person of unsound mind or in which he is interested and give or receive any money for equality of exchange or partition;
(c) carry on any trade or business of the person
(d) grant leases of any property of the person of unsound mind for building, agricultural or other purposes;
(e) grant leases of minerals forming part of the property of the person of unsound mind,
whether the same have been already worked or not, and either with or without the surface of other land;
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(f) surrender any lease and accept a new lease;
(g) accept a surrender of any lease and grant a new lease;
(h) execute any power of leasing vested in a person of unsound mind having a limited estate only in the property over which the power extends;
(i) perform any contract relating to the property of the person of unsound mind entered into by the person of unsound mind before his unsoundness of mind;
(j) surrender, assign or otherwise dispose of,
with or without consideration, any onerous property belonging to the person of unsound mind;
(k) exercise any power or give any consent required for the exercise of any power where the power is vested in the person of unsound mind for his own benefit or the power of consent is in the nature of a beneficial interest in the person of unsound mind.
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