Creditor may apply to Public Trustee to administer estate of absentee

(1) Any creditor of a person absent from Belize and not represented by any attorney in Belize appointed under a duly registered power of attorney, may apply to the Public Trustee to take possession of and administer the estate of the absent (2) Upon the application being made, and upon the Public Trustee being satisfied that the person is so absent and unrepresented as mentioned in subsection (1) of this section and that the applicant is bona fide his creditor, the Public Trustee may take possession of the estate. (3) The Public Trustee shall not take possession of the estate unless he is satisfied that the assets thereof are probably 14 sufficient to defray the cost of taking possession thereof and administering it.