Victorian Consolidated Legislation

CROWN PROCEEDINGS ACT 1958

No. 6232 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at 7 September 2007

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Section Page
   1.      Short title, commencement and division
   2.      Repeal

   PART I-RECOVERY OF DEBTS AND PROPERTY BY THE CROWN

   3.      Mode of recovering Crown debts
   4.      Fines to be recoverable by judgment
   5.      Recovery of moneys payable under forfeited recognisances
   6.      Breach of bail
   7.      Other debts and duties to be recoverable by Crown suit
   8.      Bail bonds in Crown suits assignable
   9.      Proceedings indorsed on writ may be taken
   10.     Form of information
   11.     Proceedings to be the same as in actions
   12.     Persons may defend in forma pauperis
   13.     Appeal for new trial etc.
   14.     Suits relating to land or goods
   15.     Execution in detinue and ejectment
   16.     Execution in other cases
   17.     Property of Crown debtors bound as property of subjects'
           debtors
   18.     Title of the cause and costs of suit
   19.     Repealed

   PART II-CIVIL PROCEEDINGS BY AND AGAINST THE CROWN

   20.     Application to causes of action arising after 1 January 1956.
   21.     Definition
   22.     In what courts proceedings to be taken by or against the
           Crown
   23.     Liability of the Crown in contract
   24.     Proceedings by Crown
   25.     Rights of parties
   26.     Certificate for payment of judgment by Crown
   27.     Scope of this Part
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           SCHEDULE 1-Repeals
           SCHEDULE 2-Fines
           SCHEDULE 3-Fines
           4-6-Repealed
           SCHEDULE 7-Writ of capias ad respondendum
           SCHEDULE 8-Form of information
           SCHEDULE 9-Writ of fieri capias
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details