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Section 53: Bequest under will for benefit of public trust.

Maharashtra Public Trusts Act.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 29 of 1950

(1) Where under any will a bequest has been made in favour of a public trust or where such bequest itself creates a public trust, it shall be the duty of the executor under the will to forward copy thereof to the Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioner for the region or sub-region where [such trust] may have been, or is required to be, registered.

(2) No probate of any such will or letters of administration with such will annexed shall be granted by any Court whatsoever unless it is satisfied that a copy of such will has been forwarded to the Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioner as provided by sub-section (1).

Where this provision sits

ActMaharashtra Public Trusts Act.
Section53
Marginal noteBequest under will for benefit of public trust.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Bom. 28 of 1953. These words were substituted for the words "such will" by Bom. 28 of 1953, s. 11.

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