PRIVATE TRUST
THIS INDENTURE made
at (city) this ____ day of ________, 19___ BETWEEN SHRI
________________, an
Indian Inhabitant of (city), hereinafter called "THE SETTLOR" (which
expression shall include his heirs, executors and administrators
wherever the context so requires or
admits) of the ONE PART and (1) SHRI __________________,
and (2) Smt.
__________________ wife
of SHRI __________________ both of (city), Indian Inhabitants,
hereinafter called "THE TRUSTEES" (which
expression shall so far as the context will admit, will
mean and include the survivors or survivor of them and the heirs,
executors and administrators of
such survivors or survivor and the Trustees or Trustee for the
time being of these presents) of the
OTHER PART.
WHEREAS :
i. The Settlor being absolutely seized and possessed of or
otherwise
well and sufficiently entitled to a sum of Rs.1,000/-
(Rupees One
Thousand Only ) is desirous of settling the said sum of Rs.1,000/-
(Rupees One Thousand Only ) for the benefit of life
interest for Mr.
__________________ and Mrs. _____________________ and
thereafter for the ABC Trust.
ii. At the request of the Settlor, the Trustees have
agreed to act as the
First Trustees of these presents, as is testified to by
their joining in
and executing these presents.
iii. The Settlor has prior to the execution of these
presents handed over
to the Trustees the said sum of Rs.1000/- (Rupees One
Thousand
Only) to be held by the Trustees upon the Trusts and with
and
subject to the powers, provisions, declarations and
agreements
hereinafter contained of and concerning the same.
NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH AS FOLLOWS :
1. In consideration of the natural love and affection the
Settlor bears
towards (1) Mr. __________________ and (2) Mrs. ________
w/o.
__________________, the Settlor, DOTH HEREBY CONFIRMS,
DECLARES that he has transferred the right over the said
sum of
Rs.1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand Only ) to the Trusties TO
HAVE
AND TO HOLD the same unto the Trustees and the investments
for
the time being and from time to time representing the same
upon for
the use, purposes and benefits with and subject to the
powers and
provisions hereinafter declared and contained of and
concerning the
same.
2. The name of the Trust shall be "__________________
TRUST".
3.
a. The Trust Fund shall mean the said sum of
Rs.1,000/-(Rupees
One Thousand Only) and unless repungant to the subject or
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context thereof shall also include any other property that
may be
acquired by the Trustees or come to their hands by virtue
of
these presents or otherwise howsover in relation to these
presents including all gifts either in cash or other
properties
movable or immovable or otherwever which may be received
by
the trustees from time to time for the purpose of these
presents.
b. The date of the Distribution shall be the date when the
survivor
of Mr. ___________ and Mrs. ________ expires or
____.___.200_ whichever is earlier.
c. On the date of the distribution the Trustees shall
distribute,
transfer and convey the Trust Fund together with income,
if any,
to "ABC Trust".
4.
a. It is hereby agreed and declared between the parties of
these
presents that the Trustees shall hold and stand possessed
of the
said sum of money and/or any other properties or assets
that
may come under the Trust of these presents or be
substituted or
added and which money and/or other properties or assets
are
herein designated as the "Trust Fund" and
subject to the powers,
provisons, agrements and declarations hereinafter
contained and
concerning the same and the income arising from the Trust
Fund
under or by virtue of the provisions of this Deed upon the
Trust
to receive the annual or other income of the Trust Fund
and all
other income arising under this Deed (income for this
purpose
being regarded as including capital gains referred to in
the
Income tax Act) and in the first place to reimburse and or
discharge all the cost and expenses which may be incurred
in or
about the administration of the Trust of these presents
including
any government dues, income tax or wealth tax or other
taxes
levied or reviable upon the Trustees or upon any
beneficiary or
persons having interest in the corpus or in the income of
the
Trust Fund, ground rent, insurance premia, cost of
ordinary
repairs, salaries and wages of the servants and all other
usual
outgoings charges and expenses of and incidental to the
provisions of the Trust Fund in respect of or by reason of
such
interest of such beneficiaries or person and including
also all
outgoings and municipal or other rates, assessment and
duties
and the cost of ordinary repairs of any immovbale property
forming part of the Trust Fund.
b. After deducting or setting apart the expenses mentioned
in
clause 4(a) above from the gross income of the Trust Fund,
the
net income from the Trust Fund will be paid to by Shri
__________________ and Smt. _____________ W/o.
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__________________, the beneficiaries herein for being
utilised
for their maintenance and residence during their life
time. The
said Trustees will not be entitled or bound to ask the
said
beneficiariess to give account for amount so paid during
their
lifetime untill their death.
c. On the death of either of Shri _________ and Smt.
________,
the aforesaid net income will be paid to their survivor
without
any liability to account for his / her lifetime and untill
his/her
death.
d. On the death of both Shri _________and Smt. ________ ,
the
entire income together with corpus shall be treated as the
corpus
of the ABC Trust (which was settled on __ day of _____ ,
19___
by Shri __________) and thereafter it will be applied for
the
benefits of ABC Trust . In accordance with the provisions
contained in the aforesaid Trust Deed dated ___-__-19__ .
5. The Trustees shall have the powers to receive and
accept gifts,
donations of any moveable or immoveable properties and
such
amounts as and when received shall form part of the Trust
Fund.
6. The Trustees will be entitled to invest all moneys
liable and
authorised in any one or more of the following :-
a. in any of the modes of investments authorised by the
Indian
Trust Act;
b. in moveable properties
including shares, debentures, bonds, or securities of any joint stock company,
corporation, Unit Trust of
India or Mutual Funds or other Institutions;
c. as deposits (current,
saving, fixed or any other) with banks, joint stock companies or partnership
firm
on such terms and
conditions as the Trustees may in their discretion think fit;
d. in the purchase of any
immoveable property, whether freehold or leasehold;
e. in granting of loans to
individuals, firms, association of persons, joint stock companies or otherwise
whatsoever;
f. in carrying on business
either by themselves or in partnership or otherwise as they may in their
discretion think fit and
close and restart any business and utilise the profits derived therefrom for
the
objects aforesaid.
The Trustees shall have
power to vary from time to time the investments for others of the same or of a
like or
different nature.
7. Without affecting the
generality of the powers, provisions and authorities vested in the Trustees
under these
presents, the Trustees
shall have, in addition thereto and not in substitution thereof,the following
powers and
shall be entitled to
execute all acts, documents and things necessary ancillary or incidential
thereto that is to
say:
a. To open and operate a
Banking account/accounts of the Trust in any Bank or Banks of repute, in the
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name of the Trust or in
the name of all of them. All amounts received by way of dividends, interest,
rent, profits or other
income shall be credited to the said amounts. Such accounts shall be operated
by any one of the
Trustees.
b. To borrow moneys or
raise loans and funds required for any purpose, power or provisions either
directly or indirectly
connected with the objects of this Trust or for any object incidental to these
presents.
c. To draw, make, accept,
endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange and
other negotiable
instruments.
d. To purchase, take on
lease or sub-lease, leave and licence basis co-operative schemes or any other
arrangements of in
exchange hire or otherwise acquire or deal with or own any immovable or movable
property and any rights,
benefits or privileges which the Trustees may think necessary or convenient.
e. To purchase on
ownership basis or take on rent or compensation residential flats, business
premises,
industrial sheds or factory
premises, godown or open plot of land and let out the same or give on
leave and licence basis or
for compensation or warehousing charges or storage charges.
f. To construct, develop,
maintain and alter any buildings, structures, industrial estates, factories or
works of any nature
whatsoever necessary or convenient or which the Trustees may in their absolute
discretion think fit.
g. To sell, improve
manage, develop, exchange, lease, mortgage, charge, pledge, hypothecate,
dispose
of or deal with all or any
part of the Trust Fund and premises hereby settled or any part or parts
thereof.
h. To organise agencies or
offices or to make any other arrangements necessary for conducting and
managing the Trust and to
appoint such Agents and Representatives in that behalf as the Trustees
may in their absolute
discretion think fit.
i. To enter into
partnership or joint ventures or other arrangements with any other person,firm,
body
corporate society,
federation, association of individuals or otherwise, howsoever, for carrying on
any
business or businesses,
industries or commercial activities for and on behalf of the Trust and to
appoint any one or more of
Trustees to be partners, representatives or nominees or nominee for and
on behalf of the Trust to
carry out or implement any such arrangements, as the case may be.
j. The Trustees may
deposit any documents of title or any other papers or documents or certificates
held by them relating to
any movable or immovable property or relating to the Trust under these
presents with any Bank or
Bankers or any other persons, firms or company whatsoever for safe
custody and may pay any
such charges payable in respect of such deposits.
k. The Trustees, at their
uncontrolled discretion instead of acting personally may employ and pay any
agent, person or
repre-sentative including any Bank or Insurance Company to transact any
business
or to do any act
whatsoever in relating to the Trustees of these presents including the receipt
and
payment of moneys without
being liable for loss and shall be entitled to be allowed and paid all
charges and expenses
incurred thereby.
l. The Trustees shall be
entitled from time to time to appoint on such terms as they may determine any
manager or managers,
officers, clerks or care-takers for any immovable or movable property subject
to the provisions of this
Trust and to pay them salary, wages, emoluments, fees, remuneration etc. as
they in their absolute
discretion think fit.
m. The Trustees shall have
power to delegate any Power of Attorney to any Trustee or other person
whomsoever any powers
implied by law or conferred by stature or vested in the Trustees by these
presents but the Trustees
shall not be held liable or responsible for the acts or defaults of any such
person or persons but only
for their own respective acts or defaults.
8. In the event of the
Trustees purchasing an immovable property or properties out of moneys belonging
to the
Trust, it shall be lawful
for the Trustees to repair, demolish or rebuild them well as any other
buildings or
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structures, out of the
Corpus of the Trust Fund and to give lease of such properties on such
term/terms of
years or any monthly
tenancy at such rent or rents and upon such conditions as the Trustees may in
their
absolute discretion think
fit and to make allowance with tenants and other including power to condone
breaches of covenants and
to accept surrender of lease or tenancies and generally to have all powers of
management of such
immovable property or properties as absolute owners without being responsible
for
loss or damages that may
happen thereby IT SHALL ALSO BE LAWFUL for the Trustees at any time in their
discretion to sell such
immovable property or properties or part or parts thereof or easements,rights
or
privileges exercised or
enjoyed in over for or upon or under such immovable property or properties and
upon
any such exchange to give
or receive moneys for equality or exchange.
9. The Trustees may make
any such sale as aforesaid either by public auction or private contract and may
make or agree to any
stipulations or provisions as to title to evidence or commencement of title or
otherwise
to any conditions of sale
or contract for sale or exchange and may buy in at any sale by auction and
rescind
or vary any contract and
enter into any new contract for any of the purpose aforesaid without being
responsible for any loss.
The Trustees may execute assurance give effectual receipts for effectuating any
such sale or exchange
which they may think proper.
10. The Trustees may frame
rules and regulations for the administration of the Trust and to conduct the
affairs
thereof, as they deem fit.
11. In the event of any
difference between the Trustees concerning the affairs of the Trust, the
decisions of the
majority of the Trustees
shall prevail. The Chairman of the meeting shall have a casting vote.
12. There shall not be at
any time less than 2 or more than five Trustees of these presents. The Trustees
shall
have power to add to their
number, subject however, to the maximum limit provided herein.
13. Any Trustee for the
time being thereof may at any time retire from the Trust on giving not less
than one
month's notice in writing
of her / his intention to do so to each of the other Trustees for the time
being hereof
and upon expiry of such
notice the Trustees giving such notice shall cease to be Trustee of these
presents.
14. Every one of the
Trustees for himself or herself doth hereby agree that in the event of his or
her vacating the
office of the Trustees, he
or she shall do all necessary acts, deeds and things for duly transferring over
the
Trust Fund to the name or
names of the new and/or additional Trustees or Trustee. All costs attending
such
transfer shall be borne
out of income of the Trust Fund.
15. If the Trustees hereby
appointed or any of them or any future Trustees or Trustee hereof shall die or
go to
reside abroad for more
than two consecutive years or shall desire to retire from or refuse or become
unfit or
incapable to act in the
Trusts or these presents or become insolvent or the Trustees shall be desirous
of
appointing an additional
Trustee or additional Trustees which he/she or they are hereby authorised to
do,
then it shall be lawful
for the surviving or continuing Trustees or Trustee of these presents and if
thereby no
surviving or continuing
Trustees then for the retiring or refusing Trustees or Trustee and failing them
for the
heirs, executors or
administrators of the last surviving Trustee to appoint any other person or
persons to be a
Trustee or Trustees in
place of the Trustees or Trustee so dying or going to reside abroad for more
than two
consecutive years or
desiring to be discharged or refusing or becoming unfit or incapable to act or
being
adjudged insolvent or to
appoint an as additional Trustee or Trustees as aforesaid with liberty upon
such
appointment to increase or
diminish the number of Trustees for the time being but so that the number of
Trustees of these presents
shall at no time be less than two or more than five AND UPON every such
appointment made the Trust
Fund hereby settled and the investments for the time being representing the
same shall be so
transferred to become vested in the new Trustee or Trustees so appointed and
every
Trustee so appointed may
as well before or after such transfer act as fully and effectually as if
he/she/they
had been originally
appointed a Trustee PROVIDED ALWAYS that without prejudice to any other
provisions
of the law a Trustee of
these presents shall stand discharged from his/her office of Trustee or on
his/her
tendering resignation of
his/her office and on the same being accepted by the remaining Trustees of
these
presents PROVIDED FURTHER
that notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary it shall be for
the Trustees if they all
unanimously agree in that behalf to appoint a Bank or a Company or the official
Trustee of Bombay as a
Trustee of these presents either solely or jointly with other Trustees and in
such
event the fees payable to
such Bank or Company or the Official Trustee as a Trustee shall be paid out of
the
Corpus of the Trust Fund
and the annual fees or other charges payable to such Bank or Company or
Official
Trustee shall be paid out
of the income of the Trust Fund, PROVIDED FURTHER that in the event of any
Bank or Company being
appointed a Trustee of these presents, the Trustee shall have power to adopt
and
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add to the provisions of
this Trust Deed such new clauses and powers relating to the administration of
the
Trust and the custody of
the Trust Fund as such Bank or Company reasonably require and as are usually
included in Trusts in
which such Bank or Company may have been appointed a Trustee.
16. It shall be lawful for
the Trustees to borrow moneys either on the security of the Trust Fund or
otherwise, for
the purpose of making any
payment in respect of any estate duty or gift tax or any other tax or duty in
connection with the corpus
of the Trust Fund or any part thereof so that the moneys may be borrowed at
such rate of interest and
on such terms as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion think proper
PROVIDED THAT any estate
duty gift tax or any other tax or duty payable in respect of the Trust Fund
shall
be payable out of such
fund respectively and the Trustees shall be entitled to be reimbursed in
respect
thereof from such fund
liable for the same and to keep such fund with themselves until any such duty
or tax
in connection therewith
shall have been paid or satisfied or until the statutory period in respect of
the payment
thereof shall have
expired.
17. AND IT IS HEREBY
FURTHER AGREED AND DECLARED that the Trustees for the time being of these
presents shall be
respectively chargeable only for such Trust Funds and the income including
moneys,stocks, funds,
shares and securities as they shall respectively actually receive
notwithstanding their
respectively signing any
receipt for the sake of conformity and shall be answerable and accountable only
for
their own acts, receipts,
neglects or defaults and not for those of the others or other of them nor for
any
Bankers, Broker,
Auctioneer or Agent of any other person or persons into whose hands any Trust
Fund or
Trust income may be
deposited or come nor for lending on any security with less than marketable
title nor for
the insufficiency or
deficiency of any stocks, funds, shares, securities nor any other loss unless
the same
shall happen through their
own wilful default or dishonesty respectively AND ALSO that the Trustees or
Trustee for the time being
of these presents may reimburse themselves or himself / herself and pay or
discharge out of the Trust
property or Fund all expenses incurred in or about the execution of the Trust
or
powers of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the
parties hereto have hereunto set and subscribed their respective hands and
seals the
day and year first
hereinabove written.
SIGNED AND DELIVERED )
by the withinnamed "SETTLOR"
)
SHRI
_________ s/o.Mr. __________ ) _____________________
in the presence of
.......................... )
SIGNED AND DELIVERED )
by the withinnamed "TRUSTEES"
)
(1) SHRI
__________________ ) _____________________
(2) SMT. ________ WIFE
OF ) _____________________
__________________
) _____________________
in the presence of
.......................... )
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