17. The security given by any public officer or employee shall be a guarantee of the faithful performance of his duties; of his accounting for and paying over all public or other moneys, entrusted to him or under his control, to the persons authorized or entitled to receive the same; of his faithful performance of the obligations imposed upon him; and of the payment of damages for any injury occasioned to the Province or to any person through his negligence, misconduct or malversation.
R. S. 1964, c. 12, s. 17; 1999, c. 40, s. 117.