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The Khulna Development Authority Ordinance, 1961 (East Pakistan Ordinance)

( Ordinance NO. II OF 1961 )

Chapter VIII

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Notice of suit against Authority, etc. Limitation of time for prosecution
91. No suit shall be instituted against the Authority or Chairman, or any member, or any employee of the Authority or any person acting under the direction of the Authority, or the Chairman or of any employee of the Authority in respect of any act purporting to be done under this Ordinance or any rule made hereunder, until the expiration of one month next after written notice has been delivered or left at the Authority's office or the place of abode of such employee or person, stating the cause of action, the name and place of abode of the intending plaintiff, and the relief which he claims; and the plaint must contain a statement that such notice has been so delivered or left.
 
 
 
 
1[Where any such suit is instituted without delivering or leaving such notice as aforesaid or before the expiration of the said period of one month or where the plaint does not contain a statement that such notice has been so delivered or left, the plaintiff shall not be entitled to any cost if settlement as regards the subject matter of the suit is reached or the Authority concedes the plaintiff's claim, within the period of one month from the date of the institution of the suit:
 
 
 
 
Provided that in a suit instituted without such notice, the Court shall allow not less than two months to the Authority to submit the written statement.]

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    The new paragraph and proviso were added by section 2 of the Khulna Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 1981 (Act No. VI of 1981)
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