law: Official Trustees Act, 1913 
  15. Liability of Government 
  (1) The Government 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 Government, be subject to any
  
  liability.
  (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to render the
  
  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.