(a) A real estate investment trust shall hold, either directly or through other entities, assets of such character, in such percentages, and for such uses as permitted by Sections 856 to 860, inclusive, of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (a), the trustees shall have the powers as to the investment of the trust estate as may be set out in the declaration of trust without regard to the type of investments to which trustees generally are restricted.