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Section 35

Implied indemnity of trustees

of Trustee Act 1949

ActIn forceProvision 35 of 69
Section 35
(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

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for his own acts, receipts, neglects, or defaults, and not for those of any other trustee, or of 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.

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