Chapter 6:01
ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
to a fine not exceeding level four or to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
[Section amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.]
88 Penalty for making false inventory
If any tutor or curator, required and directed under and by virtue of
section eighty-six to make, or cause to be made, an inventory of any
estate, goods or effects, wilfully makes a false inventory thereof, he
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a period
not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding two thousand
dollars or to both such imprisonment and such fine and liable to a fine
not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two
years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
[Section amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.]
89 Duties and liabilities of tutors and curators after confirmation
(1) When letters of confirmation have been granted to any tutor,
either testamentary or dative, or to any curator, either nominate or
dative, every such tutor shall, in all respects and for all intents and
purposes, and every such curator shall, in so far as relates to the
particular estate or property which has been placed under his
guardianship, have every power, right and privilege, and shall do
and cause to be done, every act, matter and thing touching and
concerning the making of an inventory, administration and
management of the estate or property under his guardianship, and
every such tutor or curator and his estate shall, in respect and by
reason of every act, matter or thing done or omitted to be done by
him, incur and be subject to every liability, obligation and penalty
which by any law in force prior to the 5th July, 1907, any tutor
testamentary would then respectively have had or have been
directed or required to do, and which he and his estate would then in
respect and by reason of any such act, matter or thing done or
omitted to be done by him, have incurred or been subject to.
(2) Nothing in this section contained shall give any curator, either
nominate or dative, any power or authority as to the maintenance,
education or custody of the person of any minor, except in so far as
the same may have been specially given and committed to him by
the decree or order of the High Court or any judge thereof.
(3) Every tutor testamentary and curator nominate shall, in the
discharge of their office and in the administration of the estate and
property respectively under their guardianship, conform to and obey
every lawful direction touching and concerning the same which has
been given by the person by whom such tutor or curator has been
appointed in the will or deed by which such appointment was made
or in any other writing duly executed by such person.
90 Prohibition of re-marriage of surviving parent until minors’
shares have been secured
(1) Whenever any person who is a widower or widow and the
parent of a minor child entitled to claim from such person any
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