Malaysia legislation

Section 47

of *LABUAN OFFSHORES TRUSTS ACT 1996

Section 47

(a)

any minor, or any person incapacitated at law, who has directly or indirectly an interest, whether vested or contingent, under the trust;

(b)

any person, whether ascertained or not, who may become entitled, directly or indirectly, to an interest under the trust as being at a future date or on the happening of a future event;

(c)

a person of any specified description or a member of any specified class of persons;

(d)

any person unborn; or

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(e)

any person in respect of any interest of his that may accrue to him by reason of any discretionary power given to anyone on the failure or determination of any existing interest that has not failed or determined, approve any arrangement which varies or revokes the terms of a trust or enlarges or modifies the powers of management or administration of any trustee, whether or not there is another person with a beneficial interest who is capable of assenting to the arrangement.

(2)

The Court shall not approve an arrangement on behalf of any person mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), (b), or (c) unless it is satisfied that the carrying out of such arrangement appears to be for the benefit of that person.

Approval of particular transactions