51. The Minister shall act, during the time of their placement, as tutor exofficio to the children entrusted to a school or public charitable institution under this act and who have not been provided with tutors under the Civil Code.
The Minister’s functions as tutor exofficio shall cease of right upon his being served with a judgment appointing a tutor to the child.
The Minister may entrust, in whole or in part, to functionaries of his department or to social organizations, the performance of acts relating to the administration of the property of a child whose tutor he is exofficio.
R. S. 1964, c. 220, s. 45.