24Powers of maintenance in case of infants

24 Powers of maintenance in case of infants (1) Where any property is held by trustees in trust for an infant, either for life or for any greater interest, and whether absolutely or contingently on his attaining the age of 21 years, or on the occurrence of any event before his attaining that age, the trustees may, at their sole discretion, pay to the infant's parent or guardian (if any) or otherwise apply for or towards the infant's maintenance, education, or benefit, the income of that property, or any part thereof, whether there is or is not any other fund applicable to the same purpose, or any person bound by law to provide for the infant's maintenance. (2) The trustees shall accumulate all the residue of that income in the way of compound interest by investing the same, and the resulting income thereof, from time to time on securities in which they are by the instrument of trust (if any), or by law, authorized to invest trust money, and shall hold those accumulations for the benefit of the person who ultimately becomes entitled to the property from which Proclamation in the Government Gazette 18 the same arose, but so that the trustees may at any time, if they think fit, apply those accumulations, or any part thereof, as if the same were income arising in the then current year. expressed in the instrument under which the interest of the infant arises, and shall have effect subject to the terms of that instrument and to the provisions therein contained. (4) This section applies whether the instrument of trust comes into operation before or after the commencement of this Act.