Transfer of Property Act, 1882
17. Direction for accumulation
(1) Where the terms of a transfer of property direct that the
income arising from the property shall be accumulated either wholly or in part
during a period longer than-
(a) the life of the transferor, or
(b) a period of eighteen years from the date
of transfer, such direction shall, save as hereinafter provided, be void to the
extent to which the period during which the accumulation is directed exceeds
the longer of the aforesaid periods, and at the end of such last-mentioned
period the property and the income thereof shall be disposed of as if the
period during which the accumulation has been directed to be made had elapsed.
(2) This section shall not affect any direction for accumulation
for the purpose of-
(i) the payment of the debts of the transferor
or any other person taking any interest under the transferor; or
(ii) the provision of portions for children or
remoter issue of the transferor or of any other person taking any interest
under the transfer; or
(iii) the preservation or maintenance of the
property transferred, and such direction may be made accordingly.