Section 26 of Public Trustee Act CAP 168: Government liability for acts of Public Trustee

(1) The Government shall be liable to make good all sums required to discharge any liability which the Public Trustee, if he were a private executor, administrator or trustee, would be personally liable to discharge, except when the liability is one to which neither the Public Trustee nor any of his officers has in any way contributed, and which neither he nor any of his officers could by the exercise of reasonable diligence have averted, and in that case, the Public Trustee shall not, nor shall the Government, be subject to any liability.
(2) Every sum required to meet a liability of the Government under this section shall be charged upon and paid out of the Consolidated Fund.

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