Section 3
Appointment and incorporation of treasurer of Charitable Endowments.
The Charitable Endowments Act, 1890
About this Act
An Act to provide for the vesting and administration of property held in trust for charitable purposes.
1[(1) The
Central Government may appoint an officer of the Government by the name of his office to be
treasurer of Charitable Endowments for India, and the Government of any State may appoint an
officer of the Government by the name of his office to be treasurer of Charitable Endowments for the
State].
(2) Such treasurer shall, for the purposes of taking, holding and transferring movable or immovable property under the authority of this Act, be a corporation sole by the name of the treasurer of Charitable Endowments for 2[India or, as the case may be, the State], and, as such treasurer, shall have perpetual succession and a corporate seal, and may sue and be sued in his corporate name.
(2) Such treasurer shall, for the purposes of taking, holding and transferring movable or immovable property under the authority of this Act, be a corporation sole by the name of the treasurer of Charitable Endowments for 2[India or, as the case may be, the State], and, as such treasurer, shall have perpetual succession and a corporate seal, and may sue and be sued in his corporate name.
Notes
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for Sub-section (1).
2. Subs. ibid., for "the territories subject to the L.G".
2. Subs. ibid., for "the territories subject to the L.G".