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Trustee Act 1925
59Implied indemnity
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59 Implied indemnity
(1) A trustee shall be chargeable only for money and securities actually
received by him or her, notwithstanding his or her signing any receipt
for the sake of conformity.
(2) A trustee shall be answerable and accountable only for his or her own
acts, receipts, neglects, or defaults, and not for those of any other
trustee, nor for any bank, 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 or her own wilful neglect or default.
(3) Nothing in subsections (1) and (2) shall prejudice the provisions of
(4) A trustee may reimburse himself or herself, or pay or discharge out
of the trust property, all expenses incurred in or about the execution
of his or her trusts or powers.