law: Official Trustees Act, 1913 
  7. General powers and duties of Official Trustee 
  (1) Subject to, and in accordance with, the provisions of this
  
  Act and the rules made thereunder, the Official Trustee may, if he thinks fit,-
  
  
  (a) act as an ordinary trustee;
  (b) be appointed trustee by a Court of
  
  competent jurisdiction.
  (2) Save as hereinafter expressly provided, the Official Trustee
  
  shall have the same powers, duties and liabilities and be entitled to the same
  
  rights and privileges and be subject to the same control and orders of the
  
  Court as any other trustee acting in the same capacity.
  (3) The Official Trustee may decline, either absolutely or
  
  except on such conditions as he may impose, to accept any trust.
  (4) The Official Trustee shall not accept any trust under any
  
  composition or scheme of arrangement for the benefit of creditors, nor of any
  
  estate known or believed by him to be insolvent.
  (5) The Official Trustee shall not, save as provided by any
  
  rules made under this Act, accept any trust for a religious purpose or any
  
  trust which involves the management or carrying on of any business.
  (6) The Official Trustee shall not administer the estate of a
  
  deceased person, unless he is expressly appointed sole executor of, and sole
  
  trustee under, the will of such person.
  (7) The Official Trustee shall always be sole trustee, and it shall
  
  not be lawful to appoint the Official Trustee to be trustee along with any
  
  other person.