Section 28: Power to control executors

28. Power to control executors (1) The Curator shall supervise the administration by testamentary executors of any property to the extent necessary to protect the interests of any person represented by him. (2) Where any person represented by the Curator is interested in a succession, the Curator may, by written notice, require any executor or other person who is in possession of the succession to furnish to him a summary statement of the administration of the succession and where the executor or that person, as the case may be, fails to do so, a Judge may, on the application of the Curator, order the executor or that person, as the case may be, to furnish the statement within such time as may be determined by the Judge. (3) Any executor or the person against whom an order is made under subsection (2) who fails to furnish the statement to the Curator within the time fixed by the Judge shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 2,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months. C60 – 9 [Issue 1] Curatelle Act PART VI — DIVESTING ORDERS