Act Number: 2

Act Name: The Indian Trust Act, 1882

Year: 1882

Enactment Date: 1882-01-13

Long Title: An Act to define and amend the law relating to Private Trusts and Trustees.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 13: Trustee to protect title to trust-property.
    A trustee is bound to maintain and defend all such suits, and (subject to the provisions of the instrument of trust) to take such other steps as, regard being had to the nature and amount or value of the trust-property, may be reasonably requisite for the preservation of the trust-property and the assertion or protection of the title thereto.
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     The trust-property is immoveable property which has been given to the author of the trust by an unregistered instrument. Subject to the provisions of the Indian Registration Act, 18771 (3 of 1877), the trustees duty is to cause the instrument to be registered.
Notes:
1 See now the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908).
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