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Crown Proceedings Ordinance (Cap. 35).

Country/Territory
Saint Helena (UK)
Document type
Legislation
Date
1993 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Gazette Notice No. 63 of 1 July 2011.
Long title
An Ordinance to declare the law relating to the civil liabilities and rights of the crown and to civil proceedings by and against the Crown; to declare the law relating to the civil liabilities of persons other than the crown, in certain cases involving the affairs or property of the crown, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Public land
Geographical area
Africa, Atlantic Ocean Islands, Western Africa
Abstract

This Ordinance concerns the right to sue the Crown and liability of the Crown in tort. It sets out rules of procedure of proceedings 0against the Crown. In any proceedings against the Crown for the recovery of land or other property the court shall not make an order for the recovery of the land or the delivery of the property, but may in lieu thereof make an order declaring that the plaintiff is entitled as against the Crown to the land or property or to the possession thereof.

Full text
English
Website
www.sainthelena.gov.sh