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PART II LIMITATION OF SUITS, APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS

Section 10: Suits against trustees and their representatives

The Limitation Act, 1963

Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Act, no suit against a person in whom property has become vested in trust for any specific purpose, or against his legal representatives or assigns (not being assigns for valuable consideration), for the purpose of following in his or their hands such property, or the proceeds thereof, or for an account of such property or proceeds, shall be barred by any length of time.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section any property comprised in a Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist religious or charitable endowment shall be deemed to be property vested in trust for a specific purpose and the manager of the property shall be deemed to be the trustee thereof.

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  1. 1. Under Section 10 of the Limitation Act, 1963, a suit against a person in whom property has become vested in trust for a specific purpose, for the purpose of following such property in his hands, is barred:

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