law: Indian Trusts Act, 1882 
  5. Trust of immovable property 
  No trust in relation to immovable property is valid unless
  
  declared by a non-testamentary instrument in writing signed by the author of
  
  the trust or the trustee and registered or by the will of the author of the
  
  trust or of the trustee.
  Trust, of movable property: No trust in relation
  
  to movable property is valid unless declared as aforesaid, or unless the
  
  ownership of the property is transferred to the trustee.
  These rules do not apply where they would operate so as to
  
  effectuate a fraud.