14. Entry of Official Trustee not to constitute notice of a trust.- The entry of the Official Trustee by that name in the books of a company shall not constitute notice of a trust; and a company shall not be entitled to object to enter the name of the Official Trustee on its register by reason only that the Official Trustee is a corporation; and, in dealing with property, the fact that the person dealt with is the Official Trustee shall not of itself constitute notice of a trust.
STATE AMENDMENT
West Bengal.- After section 14, insert the following section, namely:- “14A. Power to examine on oath.- The Official Trustee for West Bengal may, whenever he desires for the purposes of this Act, to satisfy himself regarding any question of fact, examine upon oath (which he is hereby authorized to administer) any person who is willing to be examined by him regarding such question.”
[vide West Bengal Act 1 of 1941, sec. 3]
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