# Debts (Deceased Servicemen etc) Act 1893, Section 18: Validity of payments, sales, &c., under this Act.


Every payment, application, sale, or other disposition of property made by the Secretary of State, or by any committee of adjustment, or by any paymaster, when acting in execution or supposed execution of this Act, or of any royal warrant for carrying this Act into effect, shall be valid as against all persons whomsoever; and the Secretary of State, and every officer belonging to any such committee, and every such paymaster as aforesaid shall, by virtue of this Act, be absolutely discharged from all liability in respect of the property so paid applied, sold, or disposed of.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/56-57/5/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/debts-deceased-servicemen-etc-act-1893/section-18
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