§46-28  Extent of liability.  Every bondrequired or given under the authority of this chapter shall be construed tocover all duties now or hereafter required, prescribed, or defined by any law,or by the appointment or employment of the obligor, and all duties required ofthe obligor by the terms, provisions, or conditions of any law, or by theobligor's appointment, employment, or position, or by any departmental rule orregulation, or by any direction, order, or command of the head of thedepartment, office, bureau, or service in question, and all duties and actsundertaken, assumed or performed by the obligor, by virtue or color of theobligor's office, appointment, or employment, and all the duties and acts shallbe considered to have been undertaken, assumed, performed, or done as the casemay be by specific requirement of statute, whether the obligor undertaking,assuming, performing, or doing any such duty or act, is designated, described,named in, or recognized by any statute or not.  No surety shall be released orrelieved from liability upon any bond by reason of the fact that the office,appointment, employment, or position, held, occupied, assumed, or undertaken bythe obligor is not specifically named in or recognized by any statute, or by reasonof the fact that any or all of the duties or acts undertaken, assumed, orperformed by the obligor by virtue or color of the obligor's office,appointment, employment, or position are not specifically required, defined, orprescribed by any statute or departmental rule or regulation made under theexpress or implied authority of any statute.

No bond shall be held void for any formaldefects therein. [L 1915, c 67, §3; RL 1925, §2172; RL 1935, §2312; RL 1945,§6003; RL 1955, §138-3; HRS §46-28; gen ch 1985]