Specific Relief Act, 1963 · Chapter II: Specific Performance of Contracts · Contracts which can be specifically enforced
Section 11: Cases in which specific performance of contracts connected with trusts enforceable
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, specific performance of a [contract shall], be enforced when the act agreed to be done is in the performance wholly or partly of a trust.
(2) A contract made by a trustee in excess of his powers or in breach of trust cannot be specifically enforced.
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