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PART IVN.I.Administration of assets

33 F1Protection of bona fide purchasers.N.I.

(1)A purchaser, in good faith and for value, from the personal representatives of a deceased person, of any property, being the whole or part of the estate of that deceased person, shall be entitled to hold that property freed and discharged from any debts or liabilities of the deceased person, except such as are charged thereon otherwise than by the will of the deceased person, and from all claims of the persons beneficially entitled thereto, and shall not be concerned to see to the application of the purchase money.

(2)A purchaser in good faith and for value of any property to which this sub-section applies, being the whole or part of the estate of a deceased person, which has been transferred by the personal representatives to the person beneficially entitled thereto, or to the vesting of which in the person beneficially entitled thereto the personal representatives have assented, shall be entitled to hold that property freed and discharged from the claims of creditors of the deceased person except claims of which the purchaser had actual or constructive notice at the time of his purchase.

(3)Sub-section (2) applies to all property other than registered land.