s 16 Appointment of Official Assignee
16.—(1) The Minister may appoint a person to be the Official Assignee of the estates of bankrupts and for the purposes of this Part and Parts 13 to 23. (2) Judicial notice is to be taken of the appointment of the Official Assignee. (3) The Official Assignee must act under the general authority and directions of the Minister, but is also an officer of the Court. (4) The Minister may —(a) appoint such number of Deputy Official Assignees, Senior Assistant Official Assignees and Assistant Official Assignees, and such other officers, either temporary or permanent, as the Minister thinks necessary, for carrying this Part and Parts 13 to 23 into effect; and[Act 3 of 2024 wef 26/02/2024] (b) assign to any Deputy Official Assignee, Senior Assistant Official Assignee, Assistant Official Assignee or other officer such duties as the Minister thinks fit.[Act 3 of 2024 wef 26/02/2024] (5) Every Deputy Official Assignee, Senior Assistant Official Assignee and Assistant Official Assignee appointed under subsection (4) has, during his or her tenure of office, all the status, rights and powers (except the power of delegation under section 20(1)), and is subject to all the liabilities, of the Official Assignee.