Charity

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....0, has discussed the matter thus: "501. Definition of "charity". For the purposes of the Charities Act, 1960 "charity" means any institution, corporate or not, which is established for charitable purposes and is subject to the control of the High Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction with respect to charities. "Institution" includes any trust or undertaking; and "charitable purposes" means purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales. The question of whether purposes are or are not charitable is therefore determined according to the same principles as before 1960. The requirement that an institution is subject to the control of the High Court in the exercise of the court's jurisdiction with....

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....ons "charity", "charitable", "charitable objects" and "charitable purposes" does not coincide with their technical legal meaning according to the law of England. The word "charitable", when used in its legal sense, covers many objects which a layman might not consider to be included under that word, but it excludes some benevolent or philanthropic activities which a layman might consider charitable. Charitable uses or trusts form a distinct head of equity, and it is the court's duty to determine whether particular purposes are charitable. To be charitable a purpose must satisfy certain tests; it must either fall within the list of purposes enumerated in the preamble to the ancient statute of Elizabeth I (sometimes referred to as the S....