CROWN SUITS ACT 1989 (REPEALED) - SECT 8 8. (1) In any suit to which the Territory is a party, the rights of the parties shall as nearly as possible be the same, and judgment may be given and costs awarded on either side, as in a suit between subject and subject.

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This legislation has been repealed.

CROWN SUITS ACT 1989 (REPEALED) - SECT 8

8. (1) In any suit to which the Territory is a party, the rights of the parties shall as nearly as possible be the same, and judgment may be given and costs awarded on either side, as in a suit between subject and subject.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any rights of a party created by or under a law that does not bind the Crown in right of the Territory.

Satisfaction of judgments by the Territory

9. (1) No execution or attachment, or process in the nature of execution or attachment, shall be issued against the property or revenues of the Territory.

(2) Where final judgment has been given against the Territory in a suit to which the Territory is a party, the Chief Minister, or a Minister appointed by the Chief Minister for the purposes of this subsection, shall, on being served with—

(a) an office copy, sealed copy or certified copy of the judgment or order of the court in which judgment was obtained;

(b) a certificate of the judgment or order given under the seal of the court or the hand of the Registrar or other appropriate officer of the court; or

cause the judgment to be satisfied out of moneys lawfully available.

Execution by the Territory

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