Section 64, The Bankruptcy Act, 2009

Where the official receiver or trustee has seized or disposedof any goods, chattels, property or other effects in the possession or on the premises or under the control of a debtor against whom a receiving order has been made and it is thereafter made to appear that the goods, chattels, property or other effects were not, at the date of the receiving order the property of the debtor, the official receiver or trustee shall not be personally liable for any loss or damage arising from the seizure or disposal sustained by any person claiming the property nor for the cost of any proceedings taken to establish a claim to it, unless the court is of the opinion that the official receiver or trustee has been guilty of bad faith or of gross negligence in respect of it. Distribution of property