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• Charities 
• PART I Preliminary
  • 1 Short title
  • 2 Interpretation
  • 3 Meaning of “charitable purposes”
  • 4 Meaning of “public benefit”
• PART II Registration of Charities
  • 5 Registration of charities
  • 6 Effect of failure to register charity
  • 7 Effect of and claims and objections to registration
  • 8 Registrar and Commissioner of Inland Revenue may exchange information
• PART III Incorporation of Institutions
  • 9 Charity trustees may apply for incorporation
  • 10 Manner in which society may authorise application
  • 11 Registration of Boards
  • 12 Evidence of incorporation
  • 13 Vesting of property
  • 14 Name of Board
  • 15 Change of name
  • 16 Service of notice on a Board
  • 17 Acts of Board members presumed valid
  • 18 Powers in respect of property
  • 19 Variation of trusts and change of registered office
  • 20 Voluntary winding-up of Board
  • 21 Winding-up of a Board by the court
  • 22 Dissolution by Registrar
  • 23 Distribution of surplus assets on winding-up or dissolution
• PART IV Schemes in respect of Charitable Trusts
  • 24 Application of property cy-pres
  • 25 Application cy-pres of gifts of donors unknown or disclaiming
  • 26 Extension of powers or varying mode of administering trust
  • 27 Trustees may prepare scheme
  • 28 Scheme to be laid before Attorney-General
  • 29 Scheme to be advertised
  • 30 Opposition to scheme
  • 31 Administration of scheme
  • 32 Expenses of scheme
  • 33 Court’s jurisdiction in respect of scheme
  • 34 Court’s decision in respect of scheme to be Gazetted
  • 35 Court may make order in respect of scheme
  • 36 Restrictions on approval of scheme
  • 37 Holder of property to transfer in accordance with scheme
• PART V Supervision of Charitable Trusts and Miscellaneous Matters
  • 38 Inquiries into condition and management of charities
  • 39 Attorney-General may call for documents and search records
  • 40 Proceedings to enforce or vary charitable trusts or to require new scheme
  • 41 Charity trustees to keep accounts
  • 42 Furnishing and audit of accounts
  • 43 Manner of executing instruments
  • 44 Transfer and evidence of title to property vested in trustees
  • 45 Enforcement of orders of the Attorney-General or Registrar
  • 46 Right of appeal to the court
  • 47 Expenses
  • 48 Regulations
  • 49 U.K. statutes