Judicial Factors Act 1849

XXIX Tutors, &c. served before the passing of this Act may put themselves under its Provisions.

And be it enacted, That any Person who before the passing of this Act shall have been served Tutor of Law to any Pupil, or appointed Tutor-dative to any Pupil or Insane Person or Idiot, or served Curator to any Insane Person or Idiot, shall with Consent of his Cautioner have Right at any Time during the Continuance of his Office to place himself and his Cautioner and the Estate under the Provisions of this Act, by presenting to the Director of Chancery a written Statement of his Desire to that Effect, signed by himself and his Cautioner and duly attested, and the Director of Chancery shall retain such Statement, and shall transmit a certified Copy thereof, and of the Letters of Tutory or Curatory issued to the Applicant, to the Accountant, who shall transmit the same to one of the Principal Clerks of Session in the Manner aforesaid, and such certified Copies when so transmitted shall be held as establishing a summary Process in regard to the Estate as aforesaid, and the whole Provisions of this Act shall thereafter be applicable to the said Tutor or Curator and his Cautioner and the Estate in the same Manner as if such Tutor or Curator had been served or appointed after the passing of this Act, and the Tutor or Curator and his Cautioner shall be held as bound for due Fulfilment of all the Provisions of this Act accordingly.