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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Trusts Act, 1882 Section 78

REVOCATION OF TRUST. A trust created by "will" may be revoked at the pleasure of the testator. A trust otherwise

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Trusts Act, 1882 Section 78 is part of Trusts Act, 1882 - REVOCATION OF TRUST. A trust created by "will" may be revoked at the pleasure of the testator. A trust otherwise. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) where all the beneficiaries are competent to contract - by their consent;

(b) where the trust has been declared by a non-testamentary instrument or by word of mouth-in exercise of a power of revocation expressly reserved to the author of the trust; or (c) where the trust is for the payment of the debts of the author of the trust, and has not been communicated to the creditors-at the pleasure of the author of the trust. Illustration A conveys property to B in trust to sell the same and pay out of the proceeds the claims of A's creditors. A reserves no power of revocation. If no communication has been made to the creditors. A may revoke the trust. But if the creditors are parties to the arrangement, the trust cannot be revoked without their consent.

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What does Trusts Act, 1882 Section 78 provide?

Section Section 78 of the Trusts Act, 1882 (REVOCATION OF TRUST. A trust created by "will" may be revoked at the pleasure of the testator. A trust otherwise) is reproduced on this page as part of the Trusts Act, 1882. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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