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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part IA STATUTORY DUTY OF CARE

Part II INVESTMENTS

Part III GENERAL POWERS OF TRUSTEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES

General Powers

Indemnities

Maintenance, Advancement and Protective Trusts

Part IV APPOINTMENT AND DISCHARGE OF TRUSTEES

Part IVA AGENTS, NOMINEES AND CUSTODIANS

Agents

Nominees and custodians

Review of and liability for agents, nominees and custodians, etc.

Supplementary

Part IVB REMUNERATION

Part V POWERS OF COURT

Vesting Orders

Jurisdiction to make other Order

Payment into Court

Part VI CHARITABLE TRUSTS

Incorporation of Trustees

Part VII UNIT TRUST SCHEMES

Part VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS

FIRST SCHEDULE Application of Statutory Duty of Care under Part ia

SECOND SCHEDULE Particulars to be Inserted in Application for Incorporation of Trustees

THIRD SCHEDULE Form of Power of Attorney under Section 27 (5)

Legislative Source Key

Legislative History

Comparative Table

Comparative Table

 
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Jurisdiction to make other Order
Power of court to authorise dealings with trust property
56.
—(1)  Where in the management or administration of any property vested in trustees, any sale, lease, mortgage, surrender, release, or other disposition, or any purchase, investment, acquisition, expenditure, or other transaction, is in the opinion of the court expedient, but the same cannot be effected by reason of the absence of any power for that purpose vested in the trustees by the trust instrument, if any, or by law, the court may —
(a)
by order confer upon the trustees, either generally or in any particular instance, the necessary power for the purpose, on such terms, and subject to such provisions and conditions, if any, as the court may think fit; and
(b)
direct in what manner any money authorised to be expended, and the costs of any transaction, are to be paid or borne as between capital and income.
(2)  The court may, from time to time, rescind or vary any order made under this section, or may make any new or further order.
(3)  An application to the court under this section may be made by the trustees, or by any of them or by any person beneficially interested under the trust.
[Trustees Ordinance 1955 Ed., s. 56]
Persons entitled to apply for orders
57.
—(1)  An order under this Act for the appointment of a new trustee or concerning any interest in land, stock or thing in action subject to a trust, may be made on the application of any person beneficially interested in the land, stock or thing in action, whether under disability or not, or on the application of any person duly appointed trustee thereof.
(2)  An order under this Act concerning any interest in land, stock or thing in action subject to a mortgage may be made on the application of any person beneficially interested in the equity of redemption, whether under disability or not, or of any person interested in the money secured by the mortgage.
[Trustees Ordinance 1955 Ed., s. 57]
Power to give judgment in absence of trustee
58.  Where in any action the court is satisfied that diligent search has been made for any person who, in the character of trustee, is made a defendant in any action, to serve him with a process of the court, and that he cannot be found, the court may hear and determine the action and give judgment therein against that person in his character of a trustee as if he had been duly served, or had entered an appearance in the action, and had also appeared by his solicitor at the hearing, but without prejudice to any interest he may have in the matters in question in the action in any other character.
[Trustees Ordinance 1955 Ed., s. 58]
Power to charge costs on trust estate
59.  The court may order the costs and expenses of and incident to any application for an order appointing a new trustee, or for a vesting order, or of and incident to any such order, or any conveyance or transfer in pursuance thereof, to be raised and paid out of the property in respect whereof the same is made, or out of the income thereof, or to be borne and paid in such manner and by such persons as to the court may seem just.
[Trustees Ordinance 1955 Ed., s. 59]
Power to relieve trustee from personal liability
60.  If it appears to the court that a trustee, whether appointed by the court or otherwise, is or may be personally liable for any breach of trust, whether the transaction alleged to be a breach of trust occurred before, on or after 1st September 1929, but has acted honestly and reasonably, and ought fairly to be excused for the breach of trust and for omitting to obtain the directions of the court in the matter in which he committed the breach, then the court may relieve him either wholly or partly from personal liability for the same.
[Trustees Ordinance 1955 Ed., s. 60]
Power to make beneficiary indemnify for breach of trust
61.
—(1)  Where a trustee commits a breach of trust at the instigation or request or with the consent in writing of a beneficiary, the court may, if it thinks fit, and notwithstanding that the beneficiary may be a married woman restrained from anticipation, make such order as to the court seems just, for impounding all or any part of the interest of the beneficiary in the trust estate by way of indemnity to the trustee or persons claiming through him.
(2)  This section shall apply to breaches of trust committed as well before as on or after 1st September 1929.
[Trustees Ordinance 1955 Ed., s. 61]