Indian Trusts Act, 1882
56. Right to specific execution
The beneficiary is entitled to have the intention of the author
of the trust specifically executed to the extent of the beneficiary's interest;
Right to transfer of possession
and, where there is only one beneficiary and he is competent to
contract, or where there are several beneficiaries and they are competent to
contract and all of one mind, he or they may require the trustee to transfer
the trust-property to him or them, or to such person as he or they may direct.
When property has been transferred or bequeathed for the benefit
of a married woman, so that she shall not have power to deprive herself of her
beneficial interest, nothing in the second clause of this section applies to
such property during her marriage.
Illustrations
(a) Certain government securities are given to trustees upon
trust to accumulate the interest until A attains the age of 24, and then to
transfer the gross amount to him. A on attaining majority may, as the person
exclusively interested in the trust-property, require the trustees to transfer
it immediately to him.
(b) A bequeaths Rs. 10,000 to trustees upon trust to purchase an
annuity for B, who has attained his majority and is otherwise competent to
contract, B may claim the Rs. 10,000.
(c) A transfers certain property to B and directs him to sell or
invest it for the benefit of C, who is competent to contract. C may elect to
take the property in its original character.