Indian Trusts Act, 1882
Section - 20 - Investment of trust-money
[Investment of trust-money.20. Where the trust-property consists of money and cannot be applied immediately or at an early date to the purposes of the trust, the trustee shall, subject to any direction contained in the instrument of trust, [make investments as expressly authorised by the instrument of trust or in any of the securities or class of securities] as specified by the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette :Provided that where there is a person competent to contract and entitled in possession to receive the income of the trust-property for his life, or for any greater estate, no investment [***] shall be made without his consent in writing. Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, the expression "securities" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (h) of section 2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956.]
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