Power to vest management of property in an officer appointed by Commissioner.

Whenever any holder of immoveable property, or (when such holder is a minor, or of unsound mind, or an idiot) his guardian, committee or other legal curator, or the person who would be heir to such holder if he died intestate, or (when such person is a minor, or of unsound mind, or an idiot) his guardian, committee or other legal curator, or when any such property belonging to such holder has been attached in execution of a decree of a Civil Court, the Deputy Commissioner within whose jurisdiction such property is situate, applies in writing to the Commissioner, stating that the holder of the said property is subject to, or that his said property is charged with, debts or liabilities other than debts due, or liabilities incurred, to Government, and requesting that the provisions of this Act be applied to his case, the Commissioner may, with the previous consent of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, by order published in the Calcutta Gazette, appoint an officer (hereinafter called the Manager), and vest in him the management of the whole or any portion of the immoveable property of or to which the said holder is then possessed or entitled in his own right, or which he is entitled to redeem, or which may be acquired by or devolve on him or his heir, during the continuance of such management.