Indian Trusts Act, 1882
43. Power to compound, etc.
Two or more trustees acting together may; if and as they think
fit,-
(a) accept any composition or any security for any debt or for
any property claimed;
(b) allow any time for payment of any debt;
(c) compromise, compound, abandon, submit to arbitration or
otherwise settle any debt, account, claim or thing whatever relating to the
trust; and
(d) for any of those purposes, enter into, give, execute and do
such agreements, instruments of composition or arrangement, releases and other
things as to them seem expedient, without being responsible for any loss
occasioned by any act or thing so done by them in good faith.
The powers conferred by this section on two or more trustees
acting together may be exercised by a sole acting trustee when by the
instrument of trust, if any, a sole trustee is authorized to execute the trusts
and powers thereof.
This section applies only if and as far as a contrary intention
is not expressed in the instrument of trust, if any, and shall have effect
subject to the terms of that instrument and to the provisions therein
contained.
This section applies only to trusts created after this Act comes
into force.