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TRANSFER OF LAND ACT 1893 - SECT 208

TRANSFER OF LAND ACT 1893 - SECT 208

208 .         Claims for damages may be made to Commissioner before commencing court action

        (1)         Any person sustaining loss or damage in any case in which heretofore he would have been entitled to bring an action to recover damages against the State with the Registrar as nominal defendant may before commencing proceedings against the Registrar make application in writing to the Commissioner for compensation and such application shall be supported by affidavit or declaration.

        (2)         If the Commissioner admit the claim or any part thereof and certify accordingly to the Attorney General thereupon the Governor may if he shall think fit issue a warrant to the Treasurer for the amount so certified and such amount shall be charged to the Consolidated Account and paid to the claimant and this section appropriates the Consolidated Account accordingly.

        [Section 208 amended: No. 81 of 1996 s. 126; No. 77 of 2006 s. 4; No. 19 of 2010 s. 51.]