Section 7
WHEN THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACTS AS AN ORDINARY TRUSTEE
The Public Trustee may by that name, or any other sufficient description, be appointed to be trustee of any will or settlement or other instrument creating a trust or to perform any trust or duty belonging to a class which he is authorized by rules made under this Act to accept, and may be so appointed whether the will or settlement or instrument creating the trust or duty was made or came into operation before or after the commencement of this Act, and either as an original or as a new trustee, or as an additional trustee, in the same cases and in the same manner and by the same persons or Court as if he were a private trustee, except that, though the trustees originally appointed were two or more, the Public Trustee may be appointed sole trustee.
(2)
Where the Public Trustee has been appointed a trustee of any trust, a co-trustee may retire from the trust under and in accordance with section 43 of the Trustee Act 1949, notwithstanding that there are not more than two trustees, and without such consents as are required by that section.
(3)
The Public Trustee shall not be so appointed either as a new or additional trustee where the will, settlement, or other instrument creating the trust or duty contains a direction to the contrary, unless the Court otherwise orders.
(4)
Notice of any proposed appointment of the Public Trustee either as a new or additional trustee shall, where practicable, be given in the prescribed manner to all persons beneficially interested who are resident in Malaysia and whose addresses are known to the persons proposing to make the appointment, or, if such beneficiaries are minors, to their guardians.
(5)
If any person to whom such notice has been given within twenty-one days from the receipt of the notice applies to the Court, the Court may, if having regard to the interests of all the beneficiaries it considers it expedient to do so, make an order prohibiting the appointment being made:
Provided that a failure to give any such notice shall not invalidate any appointment made under this section.