Section 160Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth)

Official Trustee to be trustee when no registered trustee is trustee

If at any time there is no registered trustee who is the trustee of the estate of a bankrupt, the Official Trustee shall, by force of this section, be the trustee of the estate.

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