Liability for costs, expenses and damages
45.  Subject to rule 148(3), in every case in which proceedings are taken against the Official Assignee in respect of anything done or any default made by the Official Assignee when acting, or in the reasonable belief in good faith that the Official Assignee is acting, in pursuance of the Act or in execution of the powers given to the Official Assignee by the Act, the costs, damages and expenses which the Official Assignee may have to pay or to which the Official Assignee may be put under such proceedings are to be paid out of the estate of the debtor in question, unless the Court orders that the Official Assignee should be personally liable for them.