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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 V OF RIGHTS AND POWERS OF TRUSTEE 54. Power to apply property of minors, etc., for their maintenance etc.---(1) Where any property is held by a trustee in trust for a minor, such trustee may, at his discretion, pay to the guardians (if any) of such minor, or otherwise apply for or towards his maintenance or education or advancement in life, or the reasonable expenses of his religious worship, marriage or funeral, the whole or any part of the income to which he may be entitled in respect of such property; and such trustee shall accumulate all the residue of such income by way of compound interest by investing the same and the resulting income thereof from time to time in any of the securities mentioned or referred to in Section 33, for the benefit of the person who shall ultimately become entitled to the property from which such accumulations have arisen; (2) Provided that such trustee may, at any time, if he thinks fit, apply the whole or any part of such accumulations as if the same were part of the income arising in the then current year. Where the income of the trust- property is insufficient for the minor's maintenance or education or advancement of life, or the reasonable expenses of his religious worship, marriage or funeral, the trustee may, with the permission of a principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction, but not otherwise, apply the whole or any part of such property for or towards such maintenance, education, advancement or expenses. (3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the provisions of any local law for the time being in force relating to the persons and property of minors.