The Official Trusteers Act, 1913
# THE OFFICIAL TRUSTEES ACT, 1913

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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PART I

PRELIMINARY


SECTIONS

1. Short title, extent and commencement.

2. Interpretation clause.

3. Extent of jurisdiction of High Court.

PART II

THE OFFICE OF OFFICIAL TRUSTEE


4. Official Trustees.

5. Appointment and powers of Deputy Official Trustee.

6. Official Trustee to be corporation sole, to have perpetual succession and official seal, and to sue and
be sued in his corporate name.

PART III

RIGHTS, POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF OFFICIAL TRUSTEE

7. General powers and duties of Official Trustee.

8. Official Trustee may with consent be appointed trustee of settlement by grantor.

9. Appointment of Official Trustee as trustee by will.

10. Power of High Court to appoint Official Trustee to be trustee of property.

11. Power of private trustees to appoint Official Trustee to be trustee of property.

12. Executor or administrator may pay to Official Trustee legacy, share, etc., of minor or lunatic.

13. Official Trustee not to be required to give bond or security.

14. Entry of Official Trustee not to constitute notice of a trust.

15. Liability of Government.

16. Notice- of suit not required in certain cases.

PART IV

FEES

17. Fees.

18. Disposal of fees.

PART V

AUDIT

19. Auditors to be appointed to examine Official Trustees‟s accounts, etc., and to report to Government.

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SECTIONS

20. Auditor‟s power to summon witnesses and to call for documents.

21. Costs of audit, etc., how paid.

22. Right of beneficiary to inspection and copies of accounts.

PART VI

MISCELLANEOUS

23. Transfer to Government of accumulations in the hands of Official Trustee.

24. Mode of proceeding by claimant to recover money so transferred.

25. Power of High Court to make orders in respect of property vested in Official Trustee.

26. Who may apply for order under Act.

27. Order of Court to have effect of a decree.

28. General powers of administration.

29. Transfer of trust property by Official Trustee to original trustee or any other trustee.

30. Rules.

31. [Repealed.].

32. Saving of provisions of Indian Registration Act, 1908.

32A. Saving.

32B. Special provision regarding certain Official Trustees affected by States‟ reorganisation.

33. [Repealed.].

_THE SCHEDULE.— [Repealed.]._

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# THE OFFICIAL TRUSTEES ACT, 1913 
 ACT NO. 2 OF 1913[1]

[27th February, 1913.]

# An Act to consolidate and amend the Law constituting the office of Official Trustee.

2*** It is hereby enacted as follows:—

PART I

PRELIMINARY

**1. Short title, extent and commencement. — (1) This Act may be called the Official Trustees**

Act, 1913.

3[( _2) It extends to the whole of India_ 4* * *.

(3) It shall come into force on such date[5] as the Central Government, by notification in the Official

Gazette, may direct.


6[2. Interpretation clause.—In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or

context,—

(1) “Government” or “the Government” means, in relation to a State, the State

Government and, in relation to a Union territory, the Central Government.

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(3) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules under this Act.]

8[3. Extent of jurisdiction of High Court.—The High Court shall, in respect of proceedings

instituted by or against the Official Trustee under this Act or the Indian Trusts Act, 1882
(2 of 1882), be a competent Court throughout the territories in relation to which it exercises civil
appellate jurisdiction:

Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction of any

district court.]

PART II

THE OFFICE OF OFFICIAL TRUSTEE

**4. Official Trustees.—** [9][(1) [10][The Government shall appoint an Official Trustee for each

State]:

1. This Act has been amended in its application to the former province of Bengal by the Official Trustees (Bengal Amendment) Act,

1940 (Ben. 12 of 1940) and by the Official Trustees (Bengal Amendment) Act, 1941 (Ben. 1 of 1941). It has been extended to
Berar by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941), and to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. I.

2. Preamble omitted by Act 48 of 1964, s. 2.
3. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
4. The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 25 of 1968, s. 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).
5. The 1st April, 1914, see Gazette of India, 1914, Pt. I, p. 365.
6. Subs. by the A.O. (No. 2) 1956, for section 2.
7. Clause (2) omitted by Act 48 of 1964, s. 3.
8. Ins. by s. 4, ibid., s. 3, Earlier section 3 was omitted by the A.O. (No. 2) 1956.
9. Subs. by the A. O. 1937, for sub-section (1).
10. Subs. by the A.O. (No. 2) 1956, for the first paragraph.

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Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to bar the appointment of the

same person as Official Trustee for two or more [1][States].]

2 [(2) No person shall be appointed to the office of Official Trustee unless he has been for at least—

(a) seven years, an advocate; or

(b) seven years, an attorney of a High Court; or

(c) ten years, a member of the judicial service of a State; or

(d) five years, a Deputy Official Trustee.]

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**5. Appointment and powers of Deputy Official Trustee.— [4][(1)] The Government may appoint a**

Deputy or Deputies to assist the Official Trustee; and any Deputy so appointed shall, subject to the control of
the Government and the general or special orders of the Official Trustee, be competent to discharge any of
the duties and exercise any of the powers of the Official Trustee, and, when discharging such duties or
exercising such powers shall have the same privileges and be subject to the same- liabilities as the Official
Trustee.

5[(2) No person shall be appointed as a Deputy unless he has been for at least three years—

(a) an advocate; or

(b) an attorney of a High Court; or

(c) a member of the judicial service of a State.]

**6. Official Trustee to be corporation sole to have perpetual succession and official seal, and to sue**

**and he sued in his corporate name.—The Official Trustee shall be a corporation sole by the name of the**
Official Trustee of the [6][State] for which he is appointed and, as such Official Trustee, shall have perpetual
succession and an official seal, and may sue and be sued in his corporate name.

PART III

RIGHTS, POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF OFFICIAL TRUSTEE

**7. General powers and duties of Official Trustee.—(1) Subject to, and in accordance with, the**

provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Official Trustee may, if he thinks fit,—

(a) act as an ordinary trustee;

(b) be appointed trustee by a Court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) Save as hereinafter expressly provided, the Official Trustee shall have the same powers, duties and

liabilities and be entitled to the same rights and privileges and be subject to the same control and orders of the
Court as any other trustee acting in the same capacity.

(3) The Official Trustee may decline, either absolutely or except on such conditions as he may impose, to

accept any trust.

1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “Divisions”.
2. Subs. by Act 48 of 1964, s. 5, for sub-section (2).
3. Sub-section (3) omitted by the A.O. 1937.
4. Section 5 was renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 48 of 1964, s. 6.
5. Ins, by s. 6, ibid.
6. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “Division” which had been subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “Presidency”.

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(4) The Official Trustee shall not accept, any trust under any composition or scheme of arrangement for

the benefit of creditors, nor of any estate known or believed by him to be insolvent.

(5) The Official Trustee shall not, save as provided by any rules made under this Act, accept any trust for

a religious purpose or any trust which involves the management or carrying on of any business.

(6) The Official Trustee shall not administer the estate of a deceased person, unless he is expressly

appointed sole executor of, and sole trustee under, the will of such person.

(7) The Official Trustee shall always be sole trustee, and it shall not be lawful to appoint the Official

Trustee to be trustee along with any other person.

**8. Official Trustee may with consent be appointed trustee of settlement by grantor.—(1) Any person**

intending to create a trust other than a trust which the Official Trustee is prohibited from accepting under the
provisions of this Act may by the instrument creating the trust and with the consent of the Official Trustee,
appoint him by that name or any other sufficient description to be the trustee of the property subject to such
trust:

Provided that the consent of the Official Trustee shall be recited in the said instrument and that such

instrument shall be duly executed by the Official Trustee.

(2) Upon such appointment the property subject to the trust shall vest in such Official Trustee, and shall

be held by him upon the trusts declared in such instrument.

**9. Appointment of Official Trustee as trustee by will.—When the Official Trustee has by that name or**

any other sufficient description been appointed trustee under any will, the executor of the will of [1][the
testator] or the administrator of his estate shall, after obtaining probate or letters of administration, notify in
the prescribed manner the contents of such will to such Official Trustee; and, if such Official Trustee
consents to accept the trust, then upon the execution by such executor or administrator of an instrument in
writing transferring the property subject to the Official Trustee, such property shall vest in such Official
Trustee, and shall be held by him upon the trusts expressed in the said will:

Provided that the consent of the Official Trustee shall be recited in the said instrument and that such

instrument shall be duly executed by the Official Trustee.

**10. Power of High Court to appoint Official Trustee to be trustee of property.—(1) If any property is**

subject to a trust other than a trust which the Official Trustee is prohibited from accepting under the
provisions of this Act, and there is no trustee within the local limits of the ordinary or extraordinary original
civil jurisdiction of the High Court willing or capable to act in the trust, the High Court may on application
make an order for the appointment of the Official Trustee by that name with his consent to be the trustee of
such property.

(2) Upon such order such property shall vest in the Official Trustee and shall be held by him upon the

same trusts as the same was held previously to such order, and the previous trustee or trustees (if any) shall be
exempt from the liability as trustees of such property save in respect of acts done before the date of such
order.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the provisions of [2]* * * the Indian Trusts Act, 1882

(2 of 1882).

**11. Power of private trustees to appoint Official Trustee to be trustee of property.—(1) If any**

property is subject to a trust other than a trust which the Official Trustee is prohibited from accepting under
the provisions of this Act, and all the trustees or the surviving or continuing trustee or trustees and all persons

1. Subs. by Act 18 of 1919, s. 2 and first Schedule, for “such testator”.
2. The words and figures “the Trustees' and Mortgagees‟ Powers Act, 1866, or” omitted by Act 48 of 1964, s. 7.

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beneficially interested in the trust arc desirous that the Official Trustee shall be appointed in the room of such
trustee or trustees, it shall be lawful for such trustee or trustees, by an instrument in writing to appoint the
Official Trustee by that name or any other sufficient description with his consent to be the trustee of such
property:

Provided that the consent of the Official Trustee shall be recited in the said instrument and that such

instrument shall be duly executed by him.

(2) Upon such appointment such property shall vest in the Official Trustee and shall be held by him upon

the same trusts as the same was held previously to such appointment, and the previous trustee or trustees shall
be exempt from all liability as trustees of such property save in respect of acts done before the date of such
appointment.

**12. Executor or administrator may pay to Official Trustee legacy, share, etc., of minor or**

**lunatic.—(1) If any [1][minor] or lunatic is entitled to any gift, legacy or share of the assets of a deceased**
person, it shall be lawful for the person by whom such gift is made, or executor or administrator by whom
such legacy or share is payable or transferable or any trustee of such gift, legacy or share, to transfer the same
by an instrument in writing to the Official Trustee by that name or any other sufficient description with his
consent:

Provided that the consent of the Official Trustee shall be recited in the said instrument and that such

instrument shall be duly executed by the Official Trustee.

(2) Any money or property transferred to the Official Trustee under this section shall vest in him and

shall be subject to the same provisions as arc contained in this Act as to other property vested in such Official
Trustee.

**13. Official Trustee not to be required to give bond or security.—(1) No Official Trustee shall be**

required by any Court to enter into any bond or security on his appointment in any capacity under this Act.

(2) No Official Trustee [2]* * * shall be required to verify otherwise than by his signature any petition

presented by him under the provisions of this Act, and if the facts stated in any such petition are not within
3[his personal knowledge], the petition may be verified and subscribed by any person competent to make the
verification.

**14. Entry of Official Trustee not to constitute notice of a trust.—The entry of the Official Trustee by**

that name in the books of a company shall not constitute notice of a trust; and a company shall not be entitled
to object to enter the name of the Official Trustee on its register by reason only that the Official Trustee is a
corporation; and, in dealing with property, the fact that the person dealt with is the Official Trustee shall not
of itself constitute notice of a trust.

**15. Liability of Government.— (1) The [4]* * * Government [5]* * * shall be liable to make good all sums**

required to discharge any liability which the Official Trustee, if he were a private trustee, would be personally
liable to discharge, except when the liability is one to which neither the Official Trustee nor any of his
officers has in any way contributed or which neither he nor any of his officers could by the exercise of
reasonable diligence have averted, and in either of those cases the Official Trustee shall not, nor shall the
6[Government], be subject to any liability.

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to render the [6][Government] or any Official Trustee

appointed under this Act liable for anything done by or under the authority of any Official Trustee before the
commencement of this Act.

1. Subs. by Act 48 of 1964, s. 8, for “infant”.
2. The words “or Deputy Official Trustee” omitted by s. 9, ibid.
3. Subs. by s. 9, ibid., for “the Official Trustees' personal knowledge”.
4. The words “revenues of the” omitted by s. 10, ibid.
5. The words “of India” omitted by Act 21 of 1922, s. 3.
6. The words “revenues of the Government of India” have been successively amended by Act 21 of 1922, s. 3, the A.O. 1937 and Act

48 of 1964, s. 10, to read as above.

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**16. Notice of suit not required in certain cases.— Nothing in section 80 of the Code of Civil Procedure,**

1908 (5 of 1908) shall apply to any suit against the Official Trustee in which no relief is claimed against him
personally.

PART IV

FEES

**17. Fees.—(1) There shall be charged in respect of the duties of the Official Trustee such fees, whether**

by way of percentage or otherwise, as the Government may prescribe.

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(2) The fees under this section may be at different rates for different properties or classes of

properties or for different duties, and shall, so far as may be, be arranged so as to produce an
amount sufficient to discharge the salaries and all other expenses incidental to the working of this
Act (including such sum as Government may determine to be required to insure [2] *** the
Government [3]*** against loss under this Act).

**18. Disposal of fees.— (1) All expenses which might be retained or paid out of the trust**

fund, if the Official Trustee were a private trustee, shall be so retained or paid, and any fees leviable
under this Act shall be retained or paid in like manner as and in addition to such expenses.

(2) The Official Trustee shall transfer and pay to such authority and in such manner and at such times

as the Government may prescribe, all fees received by him under this Act, and the same shall be carried to the
account and credit of the Government [2]***.

PART V

AUDIT

**19. Auditors to he appointed to examine Official Trustee’s accounts, etc., and to report to**

**Government.—(1) The accounts of the Official Trustee shall be audited at least once annually and at any**
other time if the Government so direct by the prescribed person and in the prescribed manner.

(2) The auditor shall examine such accounts, and shall forward to Government a statement thereof in the

prescribed form, together with a report thereon and a certificate signed by him showing—

4[(a) whether the accounts have been audited in the prescribed manner, and whether, so far as can be

ascertained by such audit, the accounts contain a full and true account of everything which ought to be
contained therein;]

(b) whether the books, which by any rules made under this Act are directed to be kept by the Official

Trustee, have been duly and regularly kept, and

(c) whether the trust funds and securities have been duly kept and invested and deposited

in the manner prescribed by this .Act or any rules made thereunder;

or (as the case may be) that such accounts are deficient, or that the Official Trustee has failed to comply with
this Act or the rules made thereunder, in such respects as may be specified in such certificate.

**20. Auditor’s power to summon witnesses and to call for documents.—(1) Every auditor shall have**

the powers of a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908),—

(a) to summon any person whose presence he may think necessary to attend him from time to time,

and

1. The proviso omitted by Act 48 of 1964, s. 11.
2. The words “the revenues of” omitted by s. 11, ibid.
3. The words “of India” omitted by Act 21 of 1922, s. 4.
4. Subs. by Act 48 of 1964, s. 12, for clause (a).

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(b) to examine any person, on oath to be by him administered, and
(c) to issue a commission for the examination on interrogatories or otherwise of any person, and
(d) to summon any person to produce any document or thing, the production of which appears to be

necessary for the purposes of such audit or examination.
(2) Any person who, when summoned, refuses, or without reasonable cause neglects to attend or to

produce any document or thing or attends and refuses to be sworn, or to be examined shall be deemed
to have committed an offence within the meaning of, and punishable under section 188 of the Indian
Penal Code (45 of 1860), and the auditor shall report every case of such refusal or neglect to
Government.

**21. Costs of audit, etc., how paid.—The cost of and incidental to every such audit and examination shall**

be determined in accordance with rules made by the Government and shall be defrayed in the prescribed
manner.

**22. Right of beneficiary to inspection and copies of accounts.—Every beneficiary under a trust**

which is being administered by the Official Trustee shall, subject to such conditions and restrictions as
may be prescribed, be entitled, at all reasonable times, to inspect the accounts of such trust, and the
report and certificate of the auditor and, on payment of the prescribed fee, to be furnished with copies
thereof .or extracts therefrom, and nothing in the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 (2 of 1882), shall affect the
provisions of this section.

PART VI

MISCELLANEOUS

**23. Transfer to Government of accumulations in the hands of Official Trustee.—When any moneys**

payable to a beneficiary under a trust have been in the hands of any Official Trustee for a period of, twelve
years or upwards whether before or after the commencement of this Act in consequence of the Official
„Trustee having been unable to trace the person entitled to receive the same, such money shall be transferred
in the prescribed manner to the account and credit of the Government [1]***:

Provided that no such moneys shall be so transferred if any suit or proceeding is pending in respect

thereof in any Court.

**24. Mode of proceeding by claimant to recover money so transferred.—(1)** If any claim is

made to any moneys so transferred and such claim is established to the satisfaction of the
prescribed authority, the Government [1]*** shall pay to the claimant the amount in respect of
which the claim is established.

(2) If such claim is not established to the satisfaction of the prescribed authority, the claimant

may, without prejudice to his right to take any other proceedings for the recovery of such moneys,
apply by petition to the High Court against the [2][Government], and, after taking such evidence as it
thinks fit, such Court shall make such order on the petition in regard to the payment of such
moneys as it thinks fit, and such order shall be binding on all parties to the proceedings.

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(3) The Court may further direct by whom all or any part of the costs of such proceedings shall be paid.
**25. Power of High Court to make orders in respect of property vested in Official Trustee.— The**

High Court may make such orders as it thinks fit respecting any trust property vested in the Official Trustee,
or the [4][income] or produce thereof.

1. The words “of India” omitted by Act 21 of 1922, s. 4.
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “Secretary of State for India in Council”.
3. The proviso omitted by the A.O. 1950. Earlier inserted by the A.O. 1937.
4. Subs. by Act 48 of 1964, s. 13, for “interest”.

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**26. Who may apply for order under Act.—Any order under this Act may be made, on the application**

of any person beneficially interested in any trust property or of any trustee thereof.

**27. Order of Court to have effect of a decree.—Any order made by a High Court under this Act shall**

have the same effect as a decree.

**28. General powers of administration.—The** Official Trustee may, in addition to and not in derogation

of any other powers of expenditure lawfully exercisable by him, incur expenditure—

(a) on such acts as may be necessary for the proper care and management of any property belonging

to any trust administered by him; and

(b) with the sanction of the High Court on such religious, charitable and other objects and on such

improvements as may be reasonable and proper in the case of such property.

**29. Transfer of trust property by Official Trustee to original trustee or any other trustee.—(1)**

Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prevent the transfer by the Official Trustee of any property vested in
him to—

(a) the original trustee (if any); or

(b) any other lawfully appointed trustee; or

(c) any other person if the Court so directs.

(2) Upon such transfer such property shall vest in such trustee, and shall be held by him upon the same

trusts as those upon which it was held prior to such transfer, and the Official Trustee shall be exempt from all
liability as trustee of such property except in respect of acts done before such transfer:

Provided that, in the case of any transfer under this section, the Official Trustee shall be entitled to

retain out of the property any fees leviable in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

**30. Rules.—(1) The Government shall make rules for carrying into effect the objects of this Act**

and for regulating the proceedings of the Official Trustee in the discharge of his duties.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide

for—

(a) the accounts to be kept by the Official Trustee and the audit and inspection thereof;

(b) the safe custody, and deposit of the funds and securities which come into the hands of the Official

Trustee;

(c) the remittance of sums of money in the hands of the Official Trustee in cases in which such

remittances are required;

(d) the statements, schedules and other documents to be submitted by the Official Trustee

to Government or to any other authority and the publication of such statements, schedules or
other documents;

(e) the realization of the cost of preparing any such statements, schedules or other documents ;

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(f) subject to the provisions of this Act, the fees to be paid thereunder and the collection and

accounting for any fees so fixed;

(g) the manner in which and the person by whom the costs of and incidental to any audit under the

provisions of this Act are to be determined and defrayed;

1. Clause (ee) rep. by the Act 5 of 1917, s. 6 and the Schedule. Earlier inserted by Act 10 of 1914, s. 2 and the first Schedule.

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(h) the manner in which summonses issued under the provisions of section 20 are to be served and

the payment of the expenses of any persons summoned or examined under the provisions of this Act and
of any expenditure incidental to such examination;

(i) the acceptance by the Official Trustee of trusts for religious purposes and trusts which involve the

management or carrying on of business; and

(j) any matter in this Act directed to be prescribed.

(3) Rules made under the provisions of this section shall be published in the Official Gazette, and shall

thereupon have effect as if enacted in this Act.

1[(3A) Every rule made by the State Government under this section shall be laid, as soon as it is made,

before the State Legislature.]

2[(4) Every rule made by the Central Government under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after

it is made, before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may
be comprised in one session or [3][in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session
immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid], both Houses agree in
making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the
rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be;
so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of
anything previously done under that rule.]

**31. [Division. of Presidency into Provinces.] Rep. by the Adaptation of Laws (Order), 1937.**

**32. Saving of provisions of Indian Registration Act, 1908.—Nothing contained in this Act**

shall be deemed to affect the provisions of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908).

4[32A. Saving.—5[(1)] The amendments of this Act which come into force on 6[the 26th day of

January, 1950], shall not affect any legal proceedings pending in any Court on that date or be
construed as automatically transferring any property from any Official Trustee to any other Official
Trustee: but nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing a transfer of any such property
in accordance with any of the other provisions of this Act.]

7[(2) The amendments of this Act, which come into force on the 26th day of January, 1950, shall

not affect any legal proceeding arising out of the application of this Act to any person in a Part B
State and pending in any Court on the said date or the administration of any property or estate of any
such person which was immediately before that date vested in an Official Trustee under this Act, and
the provisions of this Act shall, notwithstanding the said amendments, continue to apply with
necessary modifications, in relation to such proceedings or such property or estate, as the case may
be.]

8[ **32B. Special provision regarding certain Official Trustees affected by States’**

**reorganisation.—The amendments of this Act which come into force on the 1st November, 1956,**
shall not affect any legal proceedings pending in any Court on that date and where, on account of
the reorganisation of States under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956), or the Bihar
and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956 (40 of 1956), the whole or any part of a State

1. Ins. by Act 20 of 1983, s. 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 15-3-1984).
2. Ins. by Act 48 of 1964, s. 14.
3. Subs. by Act 20 of 1983, s. 2 and the Schedule, for certain words (w.e.f. 15-3-1984).
4. Ins. by the A.O. 1937.
5. Renumbered as sub-section (1) by the A.O. 1950.
6. Subs., ibid., for “the commencement of Part III of the Government of India Act, 1935.”.
7. Added, ibid.
8. Ins. by the A.O. (No. 2) 1956.

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is transferred to any other State, such transfer of the territory of the State shall not be construed as
automatically transferring any property from any Official Trustee to any other Official Trustee; but
if, by reason of such transfer of territory, it appears to the Central Government that the whole or
any part of the property vested in an Official Trustee, should be vested in another Official Trustee,
that Government may direct that the property will be so vested and thereupon it shall vest in that
other Official Trustee and his successors as fully and effectually for the purposes of this Act, as if
it had been originally vested in him under this Act.]

**33.** [Repeals.] Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1927 (12 of 1927), s. 2 and Schedule.

_THE SCHEDULE.—[Enactments repealed.] Rep. by s. 2 and Schedule, ibid._

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