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Anil's family trust is in Delhi. A lawyer says the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 governs the public charitable endowment run by Seva Mandir Trust in Jaipur. Based on the savings clause in Section 1, what is the correct position?

The Act does not apply to it. The savings clause in Section 1 of the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 says nothing in the Act applies to public or private religious or charitable endowments, so such endowments are governed by other laws.

  1. AThe Act fully applies to all public charitable endowments
  2. BThe Act applies only to those created before 1882
  3. CThe Act does not apply to public or private religious or charitable endowmentsCorrect
  4. DThe Act applies only if the endowment is religious

Explanation

The savings clause in Section 1 states that nothing in the Act applies to public or private religious or charitable endowments. Such endowments are therefore governed by other laws, such as state public trust legislation. The lawyer's claim is wrong for the Jaipur public charitable endowment.

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