Section 28, Local Courts Act, 1963

(1) A Local Court may, whenever it shall think necessary to do so for the preservation, proper custody or management of any property which is the subject of any proceedings before it, appoint any person of established financial integrity to receive and take charge of any such property and deal with it in such manner as the Court shall direct. (2) In determining whether it is just and convenient that such an appointment shall be made the Court shall have regard to all relevant circumstances and in particular the value of the property in question and the probable costs of the appointment. (3) Unless otherwise ordered the person to be appointed shall first give such security as shall be fixed by the Court and shall be allowed a proper salary or allowance. (4) Any person appointed under this section shall render to the Local Court regular accounts at such intervals not being greater than one year as the Court shall prescribe of all property received or disposed of by him in execution of the directions given by the Court under subsection (1). PART V—APPEALS [Margin: Right of Appeal to District Appeal Court.]