section 7
Distribution of trust properties by Official Trustee
The Sir Currimbhoy Ebrahim Baronetcy (Repeal and Distribution of Trust Properties) Act, 1959Civil195914 sections
Statutory text
- (1) On receipt of the statements of claim under section 6, the Official Trustee shall, if he is satisfied that the claims are justified and are uncontested, distribute the trust properties in accordance with such claims.
- (2) If after such enquiry as he thinks fit, the Official Trustee is of the opinion that the claims filed before him are not justified, or are contested either in whole or in part, he may apply to the High Court for orders and directions as regards the distribution of the trust properties amongst the several claimants as a trustee under any deed or instrument acting in the administration of the trust.
- (3) Where the Official Trustee applies for orders and directions of the High Court under sub-section (2), he shall distribute the trust properties amongst the persons rightfully entitled thereto in accordance with the final decree or order that may be passed in that behalf.
- (4) If any person entitled to the trust properties, or any part thereof, has been or is declared an evacuee within the meaning of the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950, and if any right, title and interest of such person in the trust properties has been or is declared to be evacuee property under that Act, then the Official Trustee shall, subject to any order or direction which the High Court may make or give, transfer and vest in the Custodian the trust properties, or so much thereof as is found to be evacuee property, and the provisions of the law relating to evacuee property shall as far as may be apply to such right, title and interest in the trust properties as they apply to any other evacuee property under that law.
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