24Power of executors and trustees to compound, &c.

### 24 Power of executors and trustees to compound, &c. > > (1)  An executor, trustee, or administrator may pay or allow any debt or claim on any evidence that he thinks sufficient. > > > (2)  *\[Section 24 Subsection (2) amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 \]*An executor or administrator or two or more trustees acting together, or a sole acting trustee when by the instrument, if any, creating the trust a sole trustee is authorized to execute the trusts and powers thereof, may – > > > > > > (a) if and as he or they may think fit, accept any composition or any security, real or personal, for any debt or for any property, real or personal, claimed; > > > > > > > (b) allow any time for payment for any debt; and > > > > > > > (c) compromise, compound, abandon, submit to arbitration, or otherwise settle any debt, account, claim, or thing whatever relating to the testator's or intestate's estate or to the trust – > > > > and for any of those purposes may enter into, give, execute, and do such agreements, instruments of composition or arrangement, releases, and other things as to him or them seem expedient, without being responsible for any loss occasioned by any act or thing so done by him or them in good faith. > > > (3)  This section applies only if and as far as a contrary intention is not expressed in the instrument, if any, creating the trust, and has effect subject to the terms of that instrument, and to the provisions therein contained.