Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)
Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 501
501. (1) The court shall issue two edicts with an interval of at
least fifteen days be tween the first and the second edict.
Posting up of copy
of edict.
(2) A copy of each edict shall be posted up at the entrance of
the building in which the court sits.
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Interested parties
to claim by protest.
Time.
(3) Such edicts shall call upon any person interested to appear
and put in his claim by a protest within two months from the
expiration of the time of fifteen days from the date of issue o f the
second edict; provided that any curator appointed by the court
according to the provisions of article 504(1) may by applicatio n
request the court to extend the said time. The court may, after
considering the circum stances of the case, grant such other tim e as
it may deem fit.
Contents of edicts.(4) The edicts shall contain a warning to the effect that at the
expiration of the said time of two months, the property shall
become free from any entail, hypothec, easement or other burden as
regards any person who fails to appear, unless such person has been
mentioned in the list referred t o in the last preceding article .
Notice by registrar.
Contents of notice.
Amended by:
X.1856.9;
IV .1868.7.
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