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Uimhir 20 de 1931.
ACHT NA nIONTAOBHAITHE, 1931.
Mínithe.
1.—San Acht so—
foluíonn an focal “oifig” aon oifig, post, no beart go n-íocaíocht no gan íocaíocht, agus aon teideal no dighnit;
foluíonn an focal “instruimid” Acht de Pháirlimint na hÉireann, Acht de Pháirlimint na Ríochta Aontuithe, agus Acht den Oireachtas;
tá na brigheanna céanna leis na focail “iontaobhas” agus “iontaobhaí” a tugtar do “trust” agus do “trustee” fé seach le halt 50 den Trustee Act, 1893.
Léiriú.
2.—Léighfear agus léireofar an tAcht so mar éinní amháin leis an Trustee Act, 1893, agus dá réir sin gach ordú dhéanfaidh an Ard-Chúirt fén Acht so, tuigfear, chun críche an Trustee Act, 1893, gur ordú do rinneadh fén Acht san é.
Iontaobhaí nua do cheapadh in ionad sealbhóra oifige go bhfuil deireadh léi.
3.—(1) An chomhacht atá ag an Ard-Chúirt fé alt 25 den Trustee Act, 1893, chun ordú do dhéanamh ag ceapadh iontaobhaí nua no iontaobhaithe nua beidh baint aice le gach cás ina ndearnadh, leis an instruimid le n-ar cruthnuíodh an t-iontaobhas no le hordú fén alt so no ar shlí eile, an té ba shealbhóir ar oifig de thurus na huaire do cheapadh chun bheith ina iontaobhaí de bhuadh agus le linn é do bheith i seilbh na hoifige sin agus inar scuir an oifig sin de bheith ann, pe'ca roimh Shaorstát Éireann do bhunú no dá éis sin no dá dhruim no roimh an Acht so do rith no dá éis sin do thárla an scur san.
(2) I gcás comhachta do bheith ag an Ard-Chúirt, fén alt san 25 fé mar a cuirtear i mbaint é tríd an alt so, chun ordú do dhéanamh ag ceapadh iontaobhaí nua, féadfaidh an Ard-Chúirt, in ionad duine áirithe do cheapadh chun bheith ina iontaobhaí nua den tsórt san, ordú do dhéanamh ag ceapadh an té is sealbhóir ar oifig áirithe de thurus na huaire chun bheith ina iontaobhaí de bhuadh agus le linn é bheith i seilbh na hoifige sin, in ionad an té ba shealbhóir ar an oifig gurbh é a scur fé ndeár an ceapadh san do dhéanamh.
(3) Má dheineann an Ard-Chúirt ordú fén alt so ag ceapadh an té is sealbhóir ar oifig áirithe de thurus na huaire chun bheith ina iontaobhaí, ansan, an té bheidh ar dháta an orduithe sin agus o am go ham ina dhiaidh sin ina shealbhóir ar an oifig sin, beidh sé ina iontaobhaí den tsórt san de bhuadh agus le linn a sheilbhe ar an oifig sin agus gan aon cheapadh breise ná ceapadh eile do dhéanamh.
(4) Ní dhéanfaidh an Ard-Chúirt ordú fén alt so ag ceapadh an té is sealbhóir ar oifig de thurus na huaire chun bheith ina iontaobhaí mara dtoilighidh an té is sealbhóir ar an oifig sin ar dháta an orduithe sin leis an ordú.
Iontaobhaithe nua do cheapadh i gcás an ceapthóir do bheith ina shealbhóir ar oifig go bhfuil deireadh léi.
4.—(1) An chomhacht atá ag an Ard-Chúirt fé alt 25 den Trustee Act, 1893, chun ordú do dhéanamh ag ceapadh iontaobhaí nua no iontaobhaithe nua beidh baint aice le gach cás ina ndeintear, leis an instruimid le n-a gcruthnuítear an t-iontaobhas no le hordú fén alt so no ar shlí eile, an chomhacht chun iontaobhaithe nua do cheapadh no d'ainmniú no chun aontuithe le hiontaobhaithe nua do cheapadh no chun toilithe chuige do dhílsiú sa duine, ina aonar no maraon le duine no le daoine eile, is sealbhóir ar oifig de thurus na huaire agus in ar scuir an oifig sin de bheith ann pe'ca roimh Shaorstát Éireann do bhunú no dá éis sin no dá dhruim no roimh an Acht so do rith no dá éis sin do thárla an scur san.
(2) I gcás comhachta do bheith ag an Ard-Chúirt, fén alt san 25 fé mar a cuirtear i mbaint é tríd an alt so, chun ordú do dhéanamh ag ceapadh iontaobhaí nua no iontaobhaithe nua féadfaidh an Ard-Chúirt, in ionad iontaobhaí nua no iontaobhaithe nua do cheapadh, ordú do dhéanamh ag dílsiú na comhachta chun iontaobhaithe nua do cheapadh no d'ainmniú no chun aontuithe le hiontaobhaithe nua do cheapadh no chun toilithe chuige (do réir mar is gá sa chás) sa té is sealbhóir ar oifig áirithe de thurus na huaire de bhuadh agus le linn é bheith i seilbh na hoifige sin in ionad an té ba shealbhóir ar an oifig gurbh é a scur fé ndeár an ceapadh san do dhéanamh.
(3) Má dheineann an Ard-Chúirt ordú fén alt so ag dílsiú na comhachta chun iontaobhaithe nua do cheapadh no d'ainmniú no chun aontuithe le hiontaobhaithe nua do cheapadh no chun toilithe chuige sa té is sealbhóir ar oifig áirithe de thurus na huaire, ansan, an té is sealbhóir ar an oifig sin ar dháta an orduithe sin agus o am go ham ina dhiaidh sin beidh aige agus feidhmeoidh sé, de bhuadh agus le linn é bheith i seilbh na hoifige sin agus gan aon ordú eile, an chomhacht san (do réir mar is gá sa chás) ina aonar no maraon leis an duine no leis na daoine eile ina mbeidh an chomhacht san dílsithe de thurus na huaire.
(4) Ní dhéanfaidh an Ard-Chúirt ordú fén alt so ag dílsiú na comhachta chun iontaobhaithe nua do cheapadh no d'ainmniú no chun aontuithe le hiontaobhaithe nua do cheapadh no chun toilithe chuige sa té is sealbhóir ar oifig mara dtoilighidh an té is sealbhóir ar an oifig sin ar dháta an orduithe sin leis an ordú.
Comhachta d'fheidhmiú fé réir toilithe shealbhóra oifige go bhfuil deireadh léi.
5.—(1) I gcás comhachta díola no comhachta ar bith eile (seachas comhacht chun iontaobhaithe nua do cheapadh), speisialta no generálta, a bheidh dílsithe in iontaobhaithe ar bith, do bheith gan bheith infheidhmithe, de dhruim na hinstruimide le n-a gcruthnuítear an t-iontaobhas no de dhruim ní eile, ach le toiliú no ar iarratas no fé réir aontuithe an té is sealbhóir ar oifig áirithe de thurus na huaire (ina aonar no maraon le duine no le daoine eile) agus gur scuir an oifig sin de bheith ann, pe'ca roimh Shaorstát Éireann do bhunú no dá éis sin no dá dhruim no roimh an Acht so do rith no dá éis sin do thárla an scur san, féadfaidh an Ard-Chúirt, ar iarratas na n-iontaobhaithe sin—
(a) ordú do dhéanamh ag toiliú chun na n-iontaobhaithe sin do dhéanamh aon fheidhmithe áirithe ar an gcomhacht san no á iarraidh san no ag aontú leis (do réir mar is gá sa chás), no
(b) ordú do dhéanamh ag ceapadh an té is sealbhóir ar oifig áirithe de thurus na huaire chun bheith, de bhuadh agus le linn é bheith i seilbh na hoifige sin agus in ionad an té ba shealbhóir ar an oifig sin do scuir de bheith ann, mar dhuine no mar dhuine de sna daoine bheidh i dteideal toiliú chun na n-iontaobhaithe sin d'fheidhmiú na comhachta san, no san d'iarraidh, no aontú leis (do réir mar is gá sa chás).
(2) Má dheineann an Ard-Chúirt ordú fén alt so ag toiliú chun iontaobhaithe do dhéanamh feidhmithe ar chomhacht, no á iarraidh san, no ag aontú leis, beidh an t-ordú san chó héifeachtúil chun gach críche le toiliú, le hiarratas, no le haontú (do réir mar bheidh) an duine no na ndaoine a hainmnítear chuige sin leis an instruimid le n-a gcruthnuítear an t-iontaobhas no ar shlí eile.
(3) Má dheineann an Ard-Chúirt ordú fén alt so ag ceapadh an té is sealbhóir ar oifig áirithe de thurus na huaire mar dhuine no mar dhuine de sna daoine thoileoidh chun iontaobhaithe d'fheidhmiú comhachta, no a iarrfaidh san, no a aontóidh leis, beidh gach toiliú do bhéarfaidh an té is sealbhóir ar an oifig áirithe sin de thurus na huaire chun na n-iontaobhaithe sin do dhéanamh feidhmithe ar an gcomhacht san agus gach iarratas agus aontú dhéanfa sé air sin agus leis sin chó héifeachtúil agus dá mb'é an sealbhóir sin ba shealbhóir de thurus na huaire ar an oifig gurbh é a scur fé ndeár an t-ordú san do dhéanamh.
(4) Ní dhéanfaidh an Ard-Chúirt ordú fén alt so ag toiliú chun iontaobhaithe do dhéanamh feidhmithe ar chomhacht ná á iarraidh san ná ag aontú leis mara ndeinidh na daoine bheidh beo de sna daoine gur gá, do réir na hinstruimide le n-a gcruthnuítear an t-iontaobhas no do réir ní eile, iad do thoiliú chun an fheidhmithe sin no é d'iarraidh no aontú leis (do réir mar bheidh) toiliú chun an orduithe sin do dhéanamh.
(5) Ní dhéanfaidh an Ard-Chúirt ordú fén alt so ag ceapadh an té is sealbhóir ar oifig áirithe de thurus na huaire mar dhuine no mar dhuine de sna daoine thoileoidh chun iontaobhaithe d'fheidhmiú comhachta, no a iarrfaidh san, no a aontóidh leis mara dtoilighidh an té is sealbhóir ar an oifig sin ar dháta an orduithe sin leis an ordú.
Gearr-theideal agus luadh.
6.—(1) Féadfar Acht na nIontaobhaithe, 1931, do ghairm den Acht so.
(2) Féadfar Achtanna na nIontaobhaithe, 1888 go 1931, do ghairm den Trustee Act, 1888, sa mhéid ná fuil sé athghairmthe, den Trustee Act, 1893, den Trustee Act, 1893, Amendment Act, 1894, d'alt 18 den Acht um Oiriúnú Achtanna, 1922 (Uimh. 2 de 1922), agus den Acht so le chéile.
Number 20 of 1931.
TRUSTEE ACT, 1931.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Act Referred to | |
No. 2 of 1922 | |
Number 20 of 1931.
TRUSTEE ACT, 1931.
Definitions.
1.—In this Act—
the word “office” includes any office, post, or situation, whether paid or unpaid, and any title or dignity;
the word “instrument” includes an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament, and an Act of the Oireachtas;
the words “trust” and “trustee” have the meanings assigned to them respectively by section 50 of the Trustee Act, 1893.
Construction.
2.—This Act shall be read and construed as one with the Trustee Act, 1893, and accordingly every order made by the High Court under this Act shall, for the purpose of the Trustee Act, 1893, be deemed to be an order made under that Act.
Appointment of new trustee in place of the holder of an extinct office.
3.—(1) The power of the High Court under section 25 of the Trustee Act, 1893 to make an order appointing a new trustee or new trustees shall extend to every case in which the holder for the time being of an office was, by the instrument creating the trust or an order under this section or otherwise, constituted to be a trustee by virtue of and during his tenure of such office, and such office has ceased to exist, whether such cesser occurred before or after or by reason of the establishment of Saorstát Eireann or before or after the passing of this Act.
(2) Where the High Court has power under the said section 25 as extended by this section to make an order appointing a new trustee, the High Court may, in lieu of appointing a particular person to be such new trustee, make an order appointing the holder for the time being of a specified office to be a trustee by virtue of and during his tenure of such office in the place of the holder of the office the cesser of which occasioned such appointment.
(3) Where the High Court makes an order under this section appointing the holder for the time being of a specified office to be a trustee, the person who is at the date of such order and from time to time thereafter the holder of that office shall, by virtue of and during his tenure thereof and without any further or other appointment, be such trustee.
(4) The High Court shall not make an order under this section appointing the holder for the time being of an office to be a trustee unless the person who is the holder of such office at the date of such order consents thereto.
Appointment of new trustees where the appointer is the holder of an extinct office.
4.—(1) The power of the High Court under section 25 of the Trustee Act, 1893 to make an order appointing a new trustee or new trustees shall extend to every case in which the power of appointing or nominating or of consenting to or approving of the appointment of new trustees is, by the instrument creating the trust or an order under this section or otherwise, vested either solely or in conjunction with another person or other persons in the holder for the time being of an office and such office has ceased to exist, whether such cesser occurred before or after or by reason of the establishment of Saorstát Eireann or before or after the passing of this Act.
(2) Where the High Court has power under the said section 25 as extended by this section to make an order appointing a new trustee or new trustees the High Court may, in lieu of appointing a new trustee or new trustees, make an order vesting the power of appointing or nominating or of consenting to or approving of the appointment of new trustees (as the case may require) in the holder for the time being of a specified office by virtue of and during his tenure of such office in the place of the holder of the office the cesser of which occasioned such appointment.
(3) Where the High Court makes an order under this section vesting the power of appointing or nominating or of consenting to or approving of the appointment of new trustees in the holder for the time being of a specified office, the person who is at the date of such order and from time to time thereafter the holder of that office shall, by virtue of and during his tenure thereof and without any further order, have and exercise the said power either (as the case may require) alone or in conjunction with the other person or persons in whom such power is for the time being vested.
(4) The High Court shall not make an order under this section vesting the power of appointing or nominating or of consenting to or approving of the appointment of new trustees in the holder of an office unless the person who is the holder of such office at the date of such order consents thereto.
Exercise of powers subject to consent of the holder of an extinct office.
5.—(1) Where a power of sale or any other power (except a power of appointing new trustees), whether special or general, vested in any trustees is, by the instrument creating the trust or otherwise, exercisable only with the consent or at the request or subject to the approval of the holder for the time being of a particular office (either alone or in conjunction with another person or other persons) and such office has ceased to exist, whether such cesser occurred before or after or by reason of the establishment of Saorstát Eireann or before or after the passing of this Act, the High Court may, on the application of such trustees, either—
(a) make an order consenting to, requesting, or approving of (as the case may require) any particular exercise of such power by such trustees, or
(b) make an order appointing the holder for the time being of a specified office to be, by virtue of and during his tenure of such office and in place of the holder of the said office which has ceased to exist, the person or one of the persons entitled to consent to, request, or approve of (as the case may require) the exercise of such power by such trustees.
(2) Where the High Court makes an order under this section consenting to, requesting, or approving of an exercise of a power by trustees, such order shall for all purposes be as effective as a consent, request, or approval (as the case may be) by the person or persons named in that behalf by the instrument creating the trust or otherwise.
(3) Where the High Court makes an order under this section appointing the holder for the time being of a specified office to be the person or one of the persons to consent to, request, or approve of the exercise of a power by trustees, every consent, request or approval given or made by the holder for the time being of such specified office to, for, or of an exercise of such power by such trustees shall be as effective as if such holder were the holder for the time being of the office the cesser of which occasioned the making of such order.
(4) The High Court shall not make an order under this section consenting to, requesting, or approving of an exercise of a power by trustees unless such of the persons whose consent to, request for, or approval of (as the case may be) such exercise is required by the instrument creating the trust or otherwise as are in existence consent to the making of such order.
(5) The High Court shall not make an order under this section appointing the holder for the time being of a particular office to be the person or one of the persons to consent to, request, or approve of the exercise of a power by trustees unless the person who is the holder of such office at the date of such order consents thereto.
Short title and citation.
6.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Trustee Act, 1931.
(2) The Trustee Act, 1888, so far as unrepealed, the Trustee Act, 1893, the Trustee Act, 1893, Amendment Act, 1894, section 18 of the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 (No. 2 of 1922), and this Act may be cited together as the Trustee Acts, 1888 to 1931.