Indian Trusts Act, 1882

Section - 1 - Short title, commencement

Section - 2 - Repeal of enactments

Section - 3 - Interpretation clause— "trust"

Section - 4 - Lawful purpose

Section - 5 - Trust of immovable property

Section - 6 - Creation of trust

Section - 7 - Who may create trusts

Section - 8 - Subject of trust

Section - 9 - Who may be beneficiary

Section - 10 - Who may be trustee

Section - 11 - Trustee to execute trust

Section - 12 - Trustee to inform himself of state of trust-property

Section - 13 - Trustee to protect title to trust-property

Section - 14 - Trustee not to set up title adverse to beneficiary

Section - 15 - Care required from trustee

Section - 16 - Conversion of perishable property

Section - 17 - Trustee to be impartial

Section - 18 - Trustee to prevent waste

Section - 19 - Accounts and information

Section - 20 - Investment of trust-money

Section - 20A - Power to purchase redeemable stock at a premium

Section - 21 - Mortgage of land pledged to Government under Act 26 of 1871 - Deposit in Government Savings Bank

Section - 22 - Sale by trustee directed to sell within specified time

Section - 23 - Liability for breach of trust

Section - 24 - No set-off allowed to trustee

Section - 25 - Non-liability for predecessor's default

Section - 26 - Non-liability for co-trustee's default

Section - 27 - Several liability of co-trustees

Section - 28 - Non-liability of trustee paying without notice of transfer by beneficiary

Section - 29 - Liability of trustee where beneficiary's interest is forfeited to the Government

Section - 30 - Indemnity of trustees

Section - 31 - Right to title deed

Section - 32 - Right to reimbursement of expenses

Section - 33 - Right to indemnity from gainer by breach of trust

Section - 34 - Right to apply to Court for opinion in management of trust-property

Section - 35 - Right to settlement of accounts

Section - 36 - General authority of trustee

Section - 37 - Power to sell in lots and either by public auction or private contract

Section - 38 - Power to sell under special conditions - Power to buy-in and re-sell

Section - 39 - Power to convey

Section - 40 - Power to vary investments

Section - 41 - Power to apply property of minors, etc., for their maintenance, etc

Section - 42 - Power to give receipts

Section - 43 - Power to compound, etc

Section - 44 - Power to several trustees of whom one disclaims or dies

Section - 45 - Suspension of trustee's powers by decree

Section - 46 - Trustee cannot renounce after acceptance

Section - 47 - Trustee cannot delegate

Section - 48 - Co-trustees cannot act singly

Section - 49 - Control of discretionary power

Section - 50 - Trustee may not charge for services

Section - 51 - Trustee may not use trust property for his own profit

Section - 52 - Trustee for sale or his agent may not buy

Section - 53 - Trustee may not buy beneficiary's interest without permission

Section - 54 - Co-trustees may not land to one of themselves

Section - 55 - Rights to rents and profits

Section - 56 - Right to specific execution

Section - 57 - Right to inspect and take copies of instrument of trust, accounts, etc

Section - 58 - Right to transfer beneficial interest

Section - 59 - Right to sue for execution of trust

Section - 60 - Right to proper trustees

Section - 61 - Right to compel to any act of duty

Section - 62 - Wrongful purchase by trustee

Section - 63 - Following trust-property—into the hands of third persons; into that into which it has been converted

Section - 64 - Saving of rights of certain transferees

Section - 65 - Acquisition by trustee of trust property wrongfully converted

Section - 66 - Right in case of blended property

Section - 67 - Wrongful employment by partner-trustee of trust-property for partnership purposes

Section - 68 - Liability of beneficiary joining in breach of trust

Section - 69 - Rights and liabilities of beneficiary's transferee

Section - 70 - Office how vacated

Section - 71 - Discharge of trustee

Section - 72 - Petition to be discharged from trust

Section - 73 - Appointment of new trustees on death, etc

Section - 74 - Appointment by Court

Section - 75 - Vesting of trust-property in new trustees

Section - 76 - Survival of trust

Section - 77 - Trust how extinguished

Section - 78 - Revocation of trust

Section - 79 - Revocation not to defeat what trustees have duly done

Section - 80 - Where obligation in nature of trust is created

Section - 81 - Where it does not appear that transferor intended to dispose of beneficial interest

Section - 82 - Transfer to one for consideration paid by another

Section - 83 - Trust incapable of execution or executed without exhausting trust-property

Section - 84 - Transfer for illegal purpose

Section - 85 - Bequest for illegal purpose

Section - 86 - Transfer pursuant to rescindable contract

Section - 87 - Debtor becoming creditor's representative

Section - 88 - Advantage gained by fiduciary

Section - 89 - Advantage gained by exercise of undue influence

Section - 90 - Advantage gained by qualified owner

Section - 91 - Property acquired with notice of existing contract

Section - 92 - Purchase by person contracting to buy property to be held on trust

Section - 93 - Advantage secretly gained by one of several compounding creditors

Section - 94 - Constructive trusts in cases not expressly provided for

Section - 95 - Obligor's duties, liabilities and disabilities

Section - 96 - Saving of rights of bona fide purchasers

Schedule - Statute

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