Indian Trusts Act, 1882 · Chapter I: Preliminary
Section 1: Short title
This Act may be called the Indian Trusts Act, 1882:
Commencement.— and it shall come into force on the first day of March, 1882.
Local extent.— [It extends to [the whole of India *** and] the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ***; but the Central Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend it to [the, Andaman and Nicobar Islands] or to any part thereof.]
Savings.— But nothing herein contained affects the rules of Muhammadan law as to waqf, or the mutual relations of the members of an undivided family as determined by any customary or personal law, or applies to public or private religious or charitable endowments, or to trusts to distribute prizes taken in war among the captors; and nothing in the second Chapter of this Act applies to trusts created before the said day.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.