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(1) Any question, 168[whether or not a trust exists and such trust is a public trust] or particular property is the property of such trust, shall be decided by the Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioner or the Charity Commissioner in appeal as provided by this Act. (2) The decision of the Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioner or the Charity Commissioner in appeal, as the case may be, shall, unless set aside by the decision of the court 169[on application] or of the High Court in 170*appeal, be final and conclusive. 171[79A. All costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Charity Commissioner, or the Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioner as a party to, or in connection with, any legal proceeding in respect of any public trust shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 79B, be payable out of the property or funds of the public trust, except in cases where the liability to pay the same has been laid on any party or other person personally and the right to reimbursement under this section has been negatived in express terms.