Section 317: Conditions regarding trust and trustees
Conditions regarding trust and trustees .
317. (1) The fund and the trust shall be established in India.
(2) The trust shall have at least two trustees provided that a company as defined in section 2(20) of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) shall not be appointed as a trustee without the prior approval of the approving authority.
(3) The trustees of the fund shall be a resident in India and any trustee who leaves India permanently shall vacate his office.
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