Section 18. Inquiry for registration

On receipt of an application under Sec. 17 or upon an application made by any person having interest in a public trust or on his own motion, the Assistant Commissioner shall make an inquiry in the prescribed manner for the purpose of ascertaining: (i) whether a trust exists and whether such trust is a public trust: (ii) whether any property is the property of such trust; (iii) whether the whole or any substantial portion of the subject matter of the trust is situate within his jurisdiction; (iv) the names and addresses of the working trustee and the manager of such trust; (v) the mode of succession to the office of the trustee of such trust; (vi) the origin, nature and objects of such trust; (vii) the amount of gross average annual income and expenditure of such trust: and (viii) the correctness or otherwise of any other particulars furnished under subsection (4) of Section 17. 2. The Assistant Commissioner shall give in the prescribed manner public notice of the inquiry proposed to be made under sub-section (1) and invite all person having interest in the public trust inquiry to prefer within sixty days objection, if any, in respect of such trust.