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Trustee Act 1958
52In whom property to be vested etc.
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52 In whom property to be vested etc.
(1) Where the making of a vesting order is consequential on the appointment of a new trustee, the property shall be vested in the persons who, on the appointment, are the trustees.
(2) Where the making of such order is consequential on the retirement of one or more of a number of trustees, the property may be vested in the continuing trustees alone.
(3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a vesting order may vest the property in any such person in any such manner and for any such estate or interest as the Court may direct, or may release or dispose of any contingent right to such person as the Court may direct.
(4) The fact that a vesting order is founded or purports to be founded on an allegation of the existence of any of the matters mentioned or referred to in section fifty-one of this Act shall be conclusive evidence of the matter so alleged in any Court upon any question as to the validity of the order.
(5) Nothing in this Act shall prevent the Court from directing a reconveyance or the payment of costs occasioned by any such order if improperly obtained, or from making a further vesting order.
(6) Where by reason of the dissolution of a corporation either before or after the commencement of this Act a legal estate in any property has determined, the Court may by order create a corresponding estate and vest the same in the person who would have been entitled to the estate which determined, had it remained a subsisting estate.
No. 5770 s. 53.