Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)
Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 443
443. (1) The S tate Advocate vested with the possession of the
hereditary estate shall, by mean s of a notice in the Gazette an d in a
daily newspaper, call upon all parties who may have a claim on
such estate, to bring forward th eir claim before the competent court
within a period of one year.
Placing of person
in possession of
estate.
Security.
(2) It shall not be lawful for the court to put any person in
possession of the inheritance before the expiration of the said time,
unless such person shall give a bond with a sufficient surety t o
restore such inheritance to any other person having a better cl aim
who may appear within the said time.
Persons exempted
from giving
security.
Amended by:
XLVI.1973.108.
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