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TRUSTEE ACT 1958 - SECT 36

Implied indemnity of trustees

    (1)     A trustee shall be chargeable only for money and   securities actually received by him notwithstanding his signing any receipt for the sake of conformity, and shall be answerable and accountable only for his own acts, receipts, neglects or defaults, and not for those of any other trustee, nor for any banker, broker or other person with whom any trust money or securities may be deposited, nor for the insufficiency or deficiency of any securities, nor for any other loss unless the same happens through his own wilful default.

    (2)     A trustee may reimburse himself or pay or discharge out of the trust premises all expenses incurred in or about the execution of the trusts or powers.

Division 3—Maintenance advancement and protective trusts

No. 5770 s. 37.



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