Official Trustees Act,1913

Act No : 2

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Section : Power of High Court to appoint Official Trustee to be trusteeof property

10. Power of High Court to appoint Official Trustee to be trusteeof property.- (1) If any property is subject to a trust other than atrust which the Official Trustee is prohibited from accepting underthe provisions of this Act, and there is no trustee within the locallimits of the ordinary or extraordinary original civil jurisdiction ofthe High Court willing or capable to act in the trust, the High Courtmay on application make an order for the appointment of the OfficialTrustee by that name with his consent to be the trustee of suchproperty. (2) Upon such order such property shall vest in the OfficialTrustee and shall be held by him upon the same trusts as the same washeld previously to such order, and the previous trustee or trustees(if any) shall be exempt from the liability as trustees of---------------------------------------------------------------------1 Subs. by Act 18 of 1919, s. 2 and Sch. I, for "such testator".69such property save in respect of acts done before the date of suchorder. (3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect theprovisions of 1*** the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 (2 of 1882).

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