Transfer of personal property
24Where any personal property is standing in the name of or is vested in a mentally incompetent person beneficially entitled thereto, or is standing in the name of or vested in the committee of the estate of a mentally incompetent person so found, in trust for the mentally incompetent person, or as part of his property, and the committee dies intestate, or himself becomes a mentally incompetent person, or is out of New Brunswick, or it is uncertain whether the committee is living or dead, or he neglects or refuses to transfer the personal property, or to receive or pay over the benefits therefrom as directed by an order of the court, then the court may order some fit person to transfer the personal property to or into the name of a new committee, or into court, or otherwise, and also to receive and pay over the benefits therefrom in such manner as the court directs.