Chapter 6:01 ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES 92 Payment of moneys to Master (1) Every tutor dative and every curator dative or curator bonis shall forthwith pay over to the Master all moneys belonging to the person or estate under his guardianship so soon as the same are received by or come into the possession of such tutor or curator except in so far as the same may be required for the instant payment of debts due by such estate or for the immediate maintenance of such person. (2) If any such tutor or curator, without any lawful and sufficient excuse, retains and fails to pay over to the Master any such moneys as it is in subsection (1) directed shall be paid over to the Master, every such tutor or curator shall be liable to pay to and for the benefit of the person or estate to whom or which such money belongs interest on the same at the rate of twelve per centum per annum for the whole period during which such money is so improperly retained and is not paid over to the Master. (3) Such tutor or curator shall be liable to be removed from his office of tutor or curator by the decree of any competent court if it appears expedient to such court so to do. (4) Whenever it comes to the knowledge of the Master that any such money has been so retained and not paid over to him by any such tutor or curator, he may forthwith institute an action against such tutor or curator in order to recover payment thereof and of the above-mentioned penal interest due thereon. 93 Further payment of moneys to Master Any tutor testamentary or curator nominate to whom it seems expedient so to do, except where the person by whom such tutor or curator has been appointed has directed that the same shall not be done, may pay over to the Master any money belonging to the person or estate under the guardianship of such tutor or curator and which by law such tutor or curator might lend out at interest. 94 Accounts of administration by tutors and curators (1) Every tutor, either testamentary or dative, and every curator, either nominate or dative, and every curator bonis shall, on or before the 15th February in every year, lodge with the Master a just, true and exact account of his administration of the estate or property under his guardianship, up to the 31st December preceding, and also a duplicate or otherwise a fair and true copy of such account. (2) If any such tutor or curator fails to lodge such account in manner aforesaid and has no lawful and sufficient excuse for such failure, it shall be competent for the Master to disallow the whole or any portion of the fees which such tutor or curator might otherwise have been entitled to receive in respect of his administration of such estate during the year preceding the said 31st December. (3) The survivor of two spouses whom the predeceasing spouse has by will or other lawful instrument appointed the tutor of his or her minor children, and the administrator of the joint estate of such September 2000-09-27 49