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← Securities and Futures Act 2001

Securities and Futures Act 2001 s 81SN

s 81SN Depository to be discharged from liability if acting on instructions

81SN.—(1) Subject to the regulations, the Depository, if acting in good faith and without negligence, shall not be liable for conversion or for any breach of trust or duty where the Depository has, in respect of book‑entries in accounts maintained by it, made entries regarding the book‑entry securities, or transferred or delivered the book‑entry securities, according to the instructions of a depositor even though the depositor had no right to dispose of or take any other action in respect of the book‑entry securities.[36/2014] (2) The Depository or a depository agent, if acting in good faith and without negligence, is fully discharged of its obligations to the account holder or sub‑account holder by the transfer or delivery of book‑entry securities upon the instructions of the account holder or sub‑account holder, as the case may be.[36/2014] (3) The Depository, if acting in good faith and without negligence, is fully discharged of its obligations to a depository agent by the transfer or delivery of book‑entry securities upon the instructions of the depository agent.[36/2014] (4) For the purposes of this section, the Depository or a depository agent is not to be treated as having been negligent by reason only of its failure to concern itself with whether or not the depositor or sub‑account holder (as the case may be) has a right to dispose of or take any other action in respect of the book‑entry securities or to issue the instructions.[36/2014]

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