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(1) A non-hereditary trustee shall cease to hold his office if he-- (a) is sentenced by a Criminal Court to transportation or to imprisonment for a period of more than six months, for any offence other than an offence not involving moral turpitude, such sentence not having been cancelled or reduced to a period of six months or less, or the offence not having been pardoned, provided that [State Government] may direct that such sentence shall not operate as a disqualification; or (b) applies to be adjudicated or is adjudicated an insolvent. (2) In cases of doubt or dispute, the Deputy Commissioner shall determine whether a trustee is disqualified under sub-section (1) or not. (3) If a hereditary trustee becomes subject to any of the disqualifications described in sub-section (1) the Deputy Commissioner may supersede the trustee. (4) Any person affected by an order of the Deputy Commissioner under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) may, within one month from the date of the receipt of the order by him, appeal against the order to the Commissioner. Kerala Adaptation of Laws Order, 1956.