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ACT IV OF 2020 ACT IV OF 2020 BALOCHISTAN TRUST ACT, 2020 An Act to make provisions relating to the proper management and administration of Trust in Balochistan Province [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 1st September, 2020] No. PAB/Legis; V(03)/2020, dated 1.9.2020.---The Balochistan Trust Bill, 2020 (Bill No. 03 of 2020), having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 26th August, 2020 and assented to by the Governor, Balochistan on 31st August, 2020 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. WHEREAS it is expedient to make provisions relating to the Trusts and to repeal the existing Trust Law; And WHEREAS, to cater for the Monitoring and evaluation purposes of the Trusts; And WHEREAS, it is expedient for the Balochistan Province to enact its own Trust Act for a better Administrative and Legislative control in wake of the 18th Constitutional Amendment; It is hereby enacted as follows: CHAPTER IV OF THE DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF TRUSTEES 26. Trustee to protect title to trust-property.---A trustee is bound to maintain and defend all such suits, and (subject to the provisions of the instrument of trust) to take such other steps as, regards being had to the nature and amount or value to the trust-property, may be reasonably requisite for the preservation of the trust-property and the assertion or protection of the title thereto. Illustrations The trust-property is immovable property, which has been given to the author of the trust by an unregistered instrument. Subject to the provisions of the law for the registration of the documents, the trustee's duty is to cause the instrument to be registered.