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Trustee Act 1893
10DLimitation of liability of trustee for loss on improper
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10D Limitation of liability of trustee for loss on improper
investments
(1) If a trustee improperly lends trust money on a security that would
have been a proper investment if the sum lent had been smaller
than the actual sum lent, the security is to be taken to be a proper
investment in respect of the smaller sum, and the trustee is only
liable to make good the difference between the sum advanced and
the smaller sum, with interest.
(2) This section applies to investments made before or after the
Proclamation in the Government Gazette 8