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TRANSFER OF LAND ACT 1893 - SECT 209

TRANSFER OF LAND ACT 1893 - SECT 209

209 .         Notice of action to be served

                In any case in which an action for recovery of damages is permitted to be brought against the State with the Registrar as nominal defendant notice in writing of such action and of the cause thereof shall be served upon such nominal defendant one month at least before the commencement of such action; and if in any such action judgment be given in favour of the nominal defendant or the plaintiff discontinue or become nonsuit the plaintiff shall be liable to pay the full costs of defending such action and the same when taxed shall be recovered by the State in the name of the nominal defendant by the like process of execution as in other actions.

        [Section 209 amended: No. 17 of 1950 s. 58; No. 81 of 1996 s. 127.]