ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT - 1961 (ACT 63)

Section - 7 - Liability of the Administrator-General

1) Neither the Administrator-General nor any agent shall be personally liable to any person in respect of assets which are in the possession, at the time of his death, of any person whose estate is being administered by the Administrator-General, and are dealt with by the Administrator-General or agent, unless the Administrator-General or his agent, respectively, knows, or has actual notice, before the assets are dealt with that they were not in fact the property of the person whose estate is being administered by the Administrator-General, and generally neither the Administrator-General nor any agent shall be liable for any act done by him bona fide in the supposed and intended performance of his duties, unless it is shown that the act was done not only illegally but wilfully or with gross negligence.

(2) Nothing in this section shall affect section 19 of this Act.