Section 17
Subsequent applications
of Small Estates (Distribution) Act 1955
(1)
Where it becomes necessary to appoint a new trustee or a new administrator or to make any other or further order or to withdraw a caveat, the party interested may make an application to the Estate
Distribution Officer in the prescribed form or in any other form which the Estate Distribution Officer may permit, and thereupon the Estate
Distribution Officer shall investigate the matter and cause notice to be given to any other party affected and if the matter is contentious, he shall set it down for hearing in the same manner as a petition for distribution under this Act and after the investigation or hearing, he shall make such order or do any other act as may be necessary to give effect to his decision and if necessary shall arrange for the order so far as it relates to land to be registered as may be necessary.
(2)
Where a minor beneficiary has attained majority, or a person of unsound mind has been certified by a Government Medical Officer that the person is no longer a person of unsound mind, the Estate
Distribution Officer may either request the Land Administrator or
Registrar of Titles to withdraw the caveat to enable the trustee to transfer the interest to the beneficiary or make an order transmitting the interest from the trustee to the beneficiary as proprietor and in the latter case, an order withdrawing the caveat may be incorporated in the same instrument as the transmission.
(3)
The Estate Distribution Officer may for any cause he thinks fit at any time either of his own motion or on the application of any beneficiary or creditor, revoke any grant of administration made by
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him and may likewise order any administrator to file accounts or to supply such other particulars concerning the administration of the estate as he may require.