Central Government Act The Indian Trusts Act, 1882 THE INDIAN
TRUSTS ACT, 1882 1 ACT No. 2 OF 1882 [ 13th January, 1882.] An
Act to define and amend the law relating to Private Trusts and [
13th January, 1882.] Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient to
define and amend the law relating to Preamble. private trusts
and trustees; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Short title.
Commencement.- This Act may be called the Indian Trusts Act,
1882 : and it shall come into force on the first day of March,
1882 . Local extent. Savings. Local extent, Savings.- 2[ It
extends to 3[ the whole of India 4[ except the State of Jammu
and Kashmir] and] the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 5[ ; but the
Central Government may, from time to time, by notification in
the Official Gazette, extend it to 6[ the Andaman and Nicobar
Islands] or to any part thereof.] But nothing herein contained
affects the rules of Muhammadan law as to waqf, or the mutual
relations of the members of an undivided family as determined by
any customary or personal law