(1)

On receipt of an application under Section 4 or upon, an application made by any person having interest in a public trust or on his own motion the Registrar shall make an inquiry in the prescribed manner for the purpose of ascertaining,-

(i) whether the 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 situated within his jurisdiction;

(iv) the names and the addresses of the trustees 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 object of such trust;

(vii) the amount of gross average annual income and the expenditure of such trust; and

(viii) the correctness or otherwise of any other particulars furnished under sub-section (3) of Section 4.

(2)

The Registrar shall give in the prescribed manner public notice of the enquiry proposed to be made under sub-section (1) and invite all persons interested in the public trust under inquiry to prefer objections, if any, in respect of such trust.