Professional statute overview
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This article says the law regulates the creation of trusts and trustees and their management requirements in Rwanda.”
This article says the law regulates the creation of trusts and trustees and their management requirements in Rwanda. This article defines key terms used in the law, including trust, trustee, beneficiary, trust instrument, trust corporation, agent, and court. This article says the law applies to trusts, trustees, and enforcers of the trust. A person acting as a trustee must show diligence, experience, and knowledge for trustee work. A trust must be created voluntarily and in writing by people with a mutual relationship, and it may be created for a limited or unlimited period.
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How the instrument operates
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This article says the law regulates the creation of trusts and trustees and their management requirements in Rwanda.
Section 1
A trustee may deposit trust money in a bank account and may use trust share capital to pay expenses for a public offer by the same trust.
Section 16
A trustee who plans to be outside Rwanda for more than one month may delegate the duties for that absence to one person or a group of persons by power of attorney.
Section 27
A court-appointed trustee has the same powers and authority as the initial trustee named in the trust instrument, if there is one.
Section 38
This law starts to apply on the day it is published in the Official Gazette.
Section 52
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Source and current-law status
Not in force source record
Source record from www.amategeko.gov.rw · Record updated 24 Jun 2013
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