# Trusts (Scotland) Act 1921, Section 18: Discharge of trustees resigning and heirs of trustees dying during the subsistence of the trust.


When a trustee who resigns or the representatives of a trustee who has died or resigned cannot obtain a discharge of his acts and intromissions from the remaining trustees, and when the beneficiaries of the trust refuse or are unable from absence, incapacity or otherwise to grant a discharge, the court may, on petition to that effect at the instance of such trustee or representative and after such intimation and inquiry as may be thought necessary, grant such discharge.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/11-12/58/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trusts-scotland-act-1921/section-18
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