Section 18

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint a Deputy Public Trustee and such persons to be Assistant Public Trustees and other officers of the Public Trustee as he considers fit and necessary for the purposes of this Act and such Deputy Public Trustee and Assistant Public Trustees and other officers shall hold office upon such terms and be remunerated at such rates and in such manner as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may determine.

The Public Trustee and every officer of the Public Trustee is hereby declared to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code.

The salary or remuneration of the Public Trustee and the officers of the Public Trustee and such other expenses of executing the office of the Public Trustee or otherwise carrying this Act into effect as may be sanctioned by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall be paid out of the Treasury.

The Deputy Public Trustee and any Assistant Public Trustee shall have and exercise such of the powers and shall perform such of the duties of the Public Trustee under this Act as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act.