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Trustee Act 1925
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48 Receipts
(1) This section applies if trustees give a written receipt to a person for
personal property payable, transferable or deliverable to the trustees
under a trust or power.
(2) The receipt—
(a) is a sufficient discharge for the property; and
(b) relieves the person from—
(i) seeing to the application of the property; or
(ii) being answerable for any loss or misapplication of the
(3) In this section:
personal property includes an amount of money.