MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 14
MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 14
14 . Recovery of payment for emergency treatment
Where the Commission
has made any payment for emergency treatment as mentioned in section 12 in
respect of bodily injury (fatal or otherwise) directly caused by, or by the
driving of, an uninsured motor vehicle, the Commission may recover from the
owner or driver of such uninsured vehicle the amount so paid as a simple
contract debt due from such owner or driver. Provided that it shall be a
sufficient defence in such action if the defendant establishes to the
satisfaction of the court that he is not in any manner responsible in law for
the bodily injury which gave rise to such emergency treatment.
[Section 14 inserted: No. 31 of 1948 s. 16;
amended: No. 51 of 1986 s. 46(2); No. 107 of 1987 s. 14.]