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Sample Trust Deed Template

TRUST DEED

THIS DEED OF TRUST made on this ______ day of

________________________ by (1) Sri.____________________

S/o.____________________ R/o._______________________________________

(2) Sri.____________________ S/o.__________________

R/o.______________________________________hereinafter called the Author

of the Trust which expression unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof

includes their heirs, executors, and administrators, etc., whereas Authors of the

Trust are possessed of and otherwise well and sufficiently entitled to the sum of

Rs.___________ (Rupees _______________only) hereinafter referred to as said

property. Whereas the Authors of the Trust desire to irrevocably endowing the

said founds upon trust for public, educational, and cultural, purposes, as

hereinafter expressed and contained in this presents and in pursuance of such

desire have already transferred paid and handed over the said property to the

trustees mentioned below.

WHEREAS it is the desire of the Authors of the Trust that the Corpus of

the Trust may be further augmented from time to time by flow of funds and other

assets including moveable and immovable and any other kind by way of Gifts, or

Donations, acquisitions, allotments, grant exchange or otherwise etc.,

WHEREAS the following persons are appointed to be trustees for holding

the said property in Trust for the purposes detailed in this Trust Deed:

5. etc.

NOW THIS DEED OF TRUST WITNESSETH AS FOLLOWS:

1. NAME The Trust hereby established shall be named as

_____________________________________ Trust.

2. PLACE Office of the Trust shall be situated

at________________________________________________

__________________or at such other place in India as the

Trustees may from time to time think fit.

3. OBJECTS The objects for which the Trust is founded are:

(a) To establish, maintain and run Schools, Colleges, Social

service centres, Industrial Training centre.

(b) To establish, Training Centre, and allied education

institutions.

(d) To Spread for promotion of education and learning in all

branches more specifically in Science and Technology.

(e) To advance Indian Culture and Literature, Service of this

Country for the benefit of our Nation.

(f) To train teachers and workers in ideals and practice of the

true spirit of the education and learning.

(g) To establish research and training centres for the furtherance

of education/learning in it’s various fields and branches.

(h) To undertake propaganda, training and education of the

masses either of its own or in co-operation with similar

Agencies working for the cause of all round development of

the Society.

(i) To bring, publish and sell, distribute books, periodicals,

leaflets, brochures and papers and also to open and maintain

libraries, reading rooms for the promotion of the objects of

the Trust.

(j) To function as a Non-communal Trust and as a secular

organisation.

(k) To establish centres for employment generation.

(l) To acquire and maintain the movables and immovable

properties for achieving and said objects.

(m) To advance any other objects of general public utility.

(n) To confer title on eminent personality in the field of science,

education, literature, etc.,

(o) To establish the colleges to impart education in the area of

higher education especially the emerging field like,

Electronics, Bio-technology, and other allied fields.

The trust shall be an irrevocable public educational, cultural trust for the

benefit of all persons belonging to whatever community irrespective of Caste,

Creed or Religion, the Trustees shall stand possessed of the said amount of corpus

endowed by the Authors of the trust and such other properties (both movable and

immovable) as may be acquired from time to time by the Trust, by purchase,

exchange, grant, allotment, subscription, endowment, donation, contribution, or in

any manner to whatsoever (all of which shall be designed as Trust properties) on

the Trust herein mentioned.

4. NUMBER OF TRUSTEES:

The number of Trustees including the Author of the Trustees shall not be

less than __________and not more than __________persons. The Board of

Trustees shall nominate and invite person/persons to be the other trustees for such

period, as they may deem fit and proper.

5. TERM OF OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEES:

These Trustees shall hold office for such duration as may be specified by

the board of trustees.

6. PRESIDENT:

There shall be a president for the administration of this trust, nominated by

the board of Trustees, who shall be one amongst trustees as specified in para (4)

above for such period, in such manner as may be specified in this behalf.

7. MANAGING TRUSTEE:

(i) The day-today administration of the Trust shall be looked after by

the Managing Trustee under the guidance, control and supervision of

the Board of Trustees.

(ii) The Board of Trustees shall nominate one amongst the trustees as

specified in para (4) above to be the Managing Trustee, who shall

hold office for such period, as may be decided by the Board of

Trustees.

(iii) The Managing Trustee shall perform all functions, discharge such

duties as or specifically entrusted to him/her in writing by the Board

of Trustees.

8. VACANCIES:

Any vacancy among the Members of the Board of Trustees may be filled

by the trustees as specified in para(4) above or their successors and they shall hold

office for such duration as may be specified by the Board of Trustees.

9. TERMINATION OF OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEES:

(a) Trustee shall cease to hold office:

i) if he dies,

ii) if he resigns,

iii) if he is adjudged insolvent or found guilty of an offence involving

moral turpitude.

iv) if he is found to have acted against the interest of the Trust.

v) if it is unanimously decided by the Trustees specified in para(4)

above that his continuation in the Office is against the interest of the

Trust.

vi) Upon expiry of the period up to which the Board of trustees have

nominated the trustee.

10. MEETING AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE TRUSTEES:

The Trustees shall ordinarily meet once in ________months or as often as

may be necessary for the satisfactory conduct of the affairs of the Trust.

11. NOTICE:

_________days Notice shall ordinarily be given in writing for a meeting of

Board of Trustees.

12. QUORUM:

The Quorum for the Meeting of the Board of Trustees shall be

_______numbers quorum is required for a meeting adjourning for want of

Quorum.

A minute book shall be kept by the Managing Trustee. Minutes of entry

into the office of every new trustee and of all proceedings of the meeting of the

board of trustee shall be entered in the minute book and shall be signed by the

President of the Meeting.

13. VOTING:

Decisions of the Board of Trustees may be made at a meeting or by

circulation of papers to them. Normal matters of routine nature may be circulated

and decision obtained. The important matters are to be decided at the meeting. All

matters arising for disposal shall be decided by a majority of the Board of Trustees

present at the Meeting. The President of the Board of Trustees shall have a casting

vote in the event of equality of votes, in addition to his own.

14. POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEES:

(a) All property of the Trust Movable or Immovable or of any other kind,

shall vest in trust, the trustees shall manage the whole property and affairs of the

trust and shall have all powers, duties and functions necessary proper and

incidental to the promotion and carrying out of the objects of the trust.

(b) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing the

trustees shall for the purposes of this trust have the following powers, duties and

functions:

(i) To acquire by Gift, Grant, Purchase, Exchange, Lease, or otherwise,

lands, buildings, or other immovable properties and also any

Movable Property.

(ii) To construct and maintain buildings, to alter, to demolish or improve

them and equip them suitably.

(iii) To accept gifts, donations, endowment and contributions for the

Trust and shall be treated as the income of the Trust.

(iv) (a) To raise loans, to receive monies, securities or other movable

property on behalf of the Trust.

(b) To accept any trust, trust fund or endowment so long as the

provisions of such Trust or endowment are in consonance with

the objects of this Trust.

(v) To award scholarship and make donations calculated to promote the

objects of the Trust.

(vi) (a) To enter into contracts, or engagements on behalf of the Trust.

(b) To consider such proposals submitted by Sub -committee

appointed by this trust and allocate such funds if necessary as

deemed necessary for the implementation of the programs.

(vii) To make, sign and execute all such documents instruments, as may

be necessary or proper for carrying on the management of the

properties and affairs of the Trust.

(viii) To invest such monies and such funds of the trust and to vary the

investment as and when it may seem necessary or proper provided

that such investments shall be made only upon immovable properties

or upon securities as the board of trustee may deem fit, under section

20 of the Indian Trust Act, 1882.

(ix) To sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any immovable property of

the trust provided all the trustees unanimously resolve that it is in the

interest of the trust to do so to sell or lease, mortgage or otherwise

dispose of any movable and immovable properties of the Trust.

(x) To appoint a Committee/Committees of management for such terms

and with such powers as may be specified from time to time, for

carrying on the routine management of the affairs of the Trust.

(xi) To appoint such employees on such terms and conditions as the

Trustees may deem fit for carrying out the work of the trust and

exercise control all such employees including the power of

suspension, dismissal and removal.

(xii) To delegate to the Managing Trustee or any appointed committee

such powers, duties and functions as are vested in the Trustees.

(xiii) To frame Bye-Laws and such other regulations as are required for

achieving its objectives.

(xiv) Out of the income of the trust property the trustee shall be entitled to

spend or incur the following expenses namely

(a) All rates, taxes, cess, assessments, dues and duties if any

payable to the government to any municipal or other public

bodies in respect thereof or any part thereof.

(b) The premium for the insurance of the buildings or any other

insurable property movable or immovable for the time being

forming part of the trust property.

to the buildings for the time being forming part of the trust

property.

(d) The cost of making such additions/alterations or

improvements to or in the buildings forming part of the trust

property, as the trustees shall think fit.

(e) Wages and salaries of any manager, supervisor, accountant,

clerk, servant or other employees employed by the trustees in

the carrying out of this trust.

(f) Cost and expenses of keeping the trust property in good

condition.

(g) Cost and expenses for installing and renovating the electrical

and other installations in the building for the time being

forming part of the trust property.

(h) The architect’s fee and legal charges and fee payable to other

professionals engaged in the course of administration of the

trust.

(i) All other costs, charges and expenses of and incidental to the

management and administration of the trust property in

accordance with the objects and purposes hereof or which

may be incidental thereto.

After deducting the costs charges and expenses incurred by

the trustee’s as aforesaid out of the total gross income

received by them from the trust property the balance that is

the net income will be utilized for the objects of the trust as

decided by the board of trustees.

15. BOOK ACCOUNT:

(i) The Board of Trustees may open such Bank Account or Accounts

in any of the Banks in the name of ____________________Trust

such accounts shall be jointly operated by the President and

Managing Trustee.

(ii) The trust may open Bank Account/s in the name of

institution/organisation founded by the Trust. Such Bank

Accounts shall be operated by such persons as authorised by

the board of trustees from time to time.

16. APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF THE TRUST:

The properties and funds of the Trust shall be applied only for the purpose of the

Trust and for the due administration of its business affairs and properties provided

however that this shall not preclude payment of any remuneration or allowance or

giving of residential accommodation or any perquisites to any trustee in

connection with the work carried out by him/her for the purpose of the Trust.

17. ACCOUNTS:

The Trustees shall maintain a true and correct record of the receipts, payments

incomes and expenses and transactions of the Trust. The Books of Account of the

trust shall be audited by a qualified auditor or a Chartered Accountant every year

i.e., commencing from 1

April to the 31

March of next year.

18. DEFECTS OF PROCEDURE IMMATERIAL:

No act of Trustees shall be invalidated by reason only of any vacancy in the Board

of Trustees or any irregularity in the proceedings of the Board of Trustees or any

Committee thereof.

19. AMENDMENTS:

No amendments to the Trust Deed shall be made which may prove to be repugnant

to the provisions of Section 2(15), 11, 12 and 13 and 80G of the Income Tax Act,

1961 as amended from time to time.

20. DISSOLUTION:

In the event of dissolution of winding up of the Trust the assets of the trust

remaining on the date of dissolution shall under no circumstance be distributed

among the Trustees, but the same shall transferred to other Trust, Society,

Association or Institution whose objects are similar to those of this Trust.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF THE AUTHOR OF THESE AND TRUSTEES

HERETO HAVE SET THERE RESPECTIVE HANDS THE DAY AND YEAR

FIRST HEREIN ABOVE WRITTEN.

WITNESS: 1._______________________

2._______________________

1.____________________

Authors of the Trust.

1._______________________

2._______________________

2.____________________ 3._______________________

4._______________________

5._______________________

Trustees.