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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14-302" title_number="14" title_name="Trusts" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Charitable Trusts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A court of equity, on application of any trustee, or any interested person, or the Attorney General of the State, may order an administration of a trust, devise or bequest as nearly as possible to fulfill the general charitable intention of the settlor or testator:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If the trust for charity is or becomes illegal or impossible or impracticable of enforcement; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the devise or bequest for charity, at the time it was intended to become effective, is illegal or impossible or impracticable of enforcement; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the settlor or testator manifested a general intention to devote the property to charity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section shall be interpreted and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Charitable Trusts Administration Act.</text>
  </level>
</section>
