Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 163

163. The following persons cannot be appointed tutors: (a) persons who have not attained majority; (b)p e r s o n s w h o a r e n o t v e s t e d w i t h t h e f r e e administration of their property or who are notoriously incompetent to administer property; (c) persons who are or are about to be, or whose spouse or relatives by consanguinity or affinity up to the degree of uncle and nephew, are, or are about to be involved in a lawsuit with the minor, in which the status of such minor, or a considerable part of his property is at stake; (d) undischarged bankrupts; (e) persons who have been sentenced to the punishment of imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, or to any punishment for an offence affecting the good order of families, or for fraud; (f) persons who are of a notoriously bad character, or manifestly untrustworthy or negligent; (g) persons who are trustees of property for the benefit of the minor. CIVIL CODE [CAP. 16. 77 Judges and magistrates not eligible as tutors. Amended by: L.N.148 of 1975.