Lawgist15Liability of Government
(1) The 1* * * Government 2* * * shall be liable to make good all sums required to discharge any liability which the Official Trustee, if he were a private trustee, would be personally liable to discharge, except when the liability is one to which neither the Official Trustee nor any of his officers has in any way contributed or which neither he nor any of his officers could by the exercise of reasonable diligence have averted, and in either of those cases the Official Trustee shall not, nor shall the 3[Government], be subject to any liability.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to render the 3[Government] or any Official Trustee appointed under this Act liable for anything done by or under the authority of any Official Trustee before the commencement of this Act.
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1. The words "revenues of the" omitted by s. 10, ibid.
2. The words "of India" omitted by Act 21 of 1922, s. 3.
3. The words "revenues of the Government of India" have been successively amended by Act 21 of 1922, s. 3, the A.O. 1937 and Act 48 of 1964, s. 10, to read as above.
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