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CHARITABLE TRUSTS ACT 1962 - SECT 10

10 .         Scheme to be laid before Attorney General

        (1)         Every scheme prepared under this Part shall be submitted to the Attorney General, together with full information as to all the facts upon which it is proposed to make the disposition set out in the scheme, and with copies of any instruments necessary to explain the scheme so prepared; and, in respect of every such scheme, the Attorney General —

            (a)         may remit the proposed scheme to the trustees for consideration of any amendments he may suggest; and

            (b)         shall, subject to section 10A(6)(c), report in writing to the trustees on the scheme as finally submitted by the trustees after they have considered any amendments suggested by the Attorney General.

        (1a)         The Attorney General may charge the trustees reasonable fees for the costs and expenses (including legal costs and disbursements) incurred by the Attorney General in considering the scheme and preparing a report on it.

        (2)         At any time after delivery to them of the report of the Attorney General, the trustees may apply to the Court for approval of the scheme, and on making that application shall file therewith the scheme and the report of the Attorney General thereon.

        (3)         The application, scheme, and report mentioned in subsection (2) shall be open for inspection by the public without any fee or charge.

        [Section 10 amended by No. 7 of 1998 s. 8.]



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