Article 359

The court may order that an inventory of property, which is or may be the subject of proceedings in court, be made by such person (hereinafter referred to as the official recorder) as it deems fit to carry out such order.

The official recorder shall, in the presence of not less than two independent witnesses, prepare an inventory of the property specified in the order of the court, containing:

a reference to the order of the court; and

an accurate description of each article entered in the inventory and the estimated value thereof.

Where the court so orders, the estimation of value shall be made by an expert appointed by the court, whose report, dated and signed, shall be attached as an annex to the official recorder’s report.

The report of the official recorder, dated and signed, shall be forwarded to the court and, after being registered by the registrar of the court in a special inventory register, shall form part of the record of the case.