Limitation of liability of agent or trustee or owner.

No person who receives the rent of any land or building as an agent or trustee only shall be liable to do anything which by this Act or any rule or bye-law made thereunder is required to be done by an owner, if he proves to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that he has not in his hands funds belonging or payable to the owner sufficient for the purpose: Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the Commissioner from carrying out the necessary works and recovering the expenses so incurred from the actual owner. Payment of Compensation