ARTICLE 8

The law specified by Article 6 or 7 shall govern the validity of trust, its construction, its effects and the administration of the trust.

In particular that law shall govern-

(a) the appointment, resignation and removal of trustees the capacity

to act as a trustee, and the devolution of the office of trustee;

(b) the rights and duties of trustees among themselves;

(c) the right of trustees to delegate in whole or in part the discharge

of their duties or the exercise of their powers;

(d) the power of trustees to administer or to dispose of trust assets, to

create security interests in the trust assets, or to acquire new assets;

(e) the powers of investment of trustees;

(f) restrictions upon the duration of the trust, and upon the power to

accumulate the income of the trust;

(g) the relationships between the trustees and the beneficiaries including

the personal liability of the trustees to the beneficiaries;

(1) the variation or termination of the trust;

(i) the distribution of the trust assets;

(j) the duty of trustees to account for their administration.

ARTICLE 9

In applying this Chapter a severable aspect of the trust, particularly matters of administration, may be governed by a different law.

ARTICLE 10

The law applicable to the validity of the trust shall determine whether that law or the law governing a severable aspect of the trust may be replaced by another law.

CHAPTER III-RECOGNITION

ARTICLE 11

A trust created in accordance with the law specified by the preceding Chapter shall be recognized as a trust. Such recognition shall imply, as a minimum, that the trust property constitutes a separate fund, that the trustee may sue and be sued in his capacity as trustee, and that he may appear or act in this capacity before a notary or any person acting in an official capacity.

In so far as the law applicable to the trust requires or provides, such recognition shall imply, in particular-

(a) that personal creditors of the trustee shall have no recourse against

the trust assets;

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