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59Trust estates not affected by trustee becoming a convict
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### 59 Trust estates not affected by trustee becoming a convict
> *\[Section 59 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 \]**\[Section 59 Amended by No. 68 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 \]*Property vested in any person on any trust, or by way of mortgage, shall not, in case of that person being sentenced to a term of imprisonment exceeding 2 years, vest in any such administrator as may be appointed under that Act, but shall remain in the trustee or mortgagee or survive to his co-trustee or descend to his representative, as if he had not been so sentenced: Provided that this enactment shall not affect the title to the property, so far as relates to any beneficial interest therein of any such trustee or mortgagee.