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Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 · Part F

Section 826Qualification of trustees

(1)
A person shall not be qualified to be appointed or act as a trustee if—
(a)
he is an infant ;
(b)
he is a person of unsound mind having been so found by a court ;
(c)
he is an undischarged bankrupt ; or
(d)
he has been convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty within five years of his proposed appointment.
(2)
If a person disqualified under subsection (1) (c) or (d) acts as a trustee, he shall be liable to a penalty for every day during which he so acts, the penalty shall be determined in accordance with regulations made by the Commission from time to time.
Cite as: Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, section 826

What this section means

From the Part overview: CAMA 2020 Part F: incorporated trustees (sections 823 to 850)

  • A person cannot be a trustee if he is under 18, of unsound mind and so found by a court, an undischarged bankrupt, or convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty within five years of the proposed appointment (section 826).

Source: Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (Act No. 3 of 2020), Official Gazette No. 124, Lagos, 10 August 2020. General information, not legal advice.