CROSS RIVER – PUBLIC OFFICER PROTECTION LAW
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LAWS OF CROSS RIVER STATE
CHAPTER P17
PUBLIC OFFICERS PROTECTION LAW
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
- Actions against public officers.
- Citation.
CHAPTER P17
PUBLIC OFFICERS PROTECTION LAW
A Law to provide for the protection against actions of persons acting in the execution of public duties.
(21st September, 1916)
[Commencement.]
- Actions against public officers
Where any action, prosecution, or other proceeding is commenced against any person for any act done in pursuance or execution or intended execution of any Law or of any public duty or authority, or in respect of any alleged neglect or default in the execution of any such Law, duty or authority, the following provisions shall have effect—
- Limitation of time
the action, prosecution, or proceeding shall not lie or be instituted unless it is commenced within three months next after the act, neglect or default complained of, or in case of a continuance of damage or injury, within three months next after the ceasing thereof:
Provided that if the action, prosecution or proceeding be at the instance of any person for cause arising while such person was a convicted prisoner, it may be commenced within three months after the discharge of such person from prison;
(b) Costs
whenever in such action a judgment is obtained by the defendant, it shall carry the right to recover from the plaintiff all the costs which the defendant has properly incurred in defending such action;
(c) Tender of amends
when the proceeding is an action for damages, tender of amends before the action was commenced may, in lieu of or in addition to any other defence, be pleaded; if the action was commenced after the tender, or is proceeded with after payment into court of any money in satisfaction of the plaintiff’s claim and the plaintiff does not recover more than the sum tendered or paid, he shall not recover any costs incurred after the tender or payment, and the defendant shall be entitled, as from the time of tender or payment, to all costs which he had properly incurred in defending such action; but this provision shall not affect costs on any injunction in the action;
(d) if in the opinion of the court the plaintiff has not given the defendant a sufficient opportunity of tendering amends before the commencement of the proceedings, the court may award to the defendant all the costs which he has properly incurred in defending the action.
- Citation
This Law may be cited as the Public Officers Protection Law.
CHAPTER P17
PUBLIC OFFICERS PROTECTION LAW
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
No Subsidiary Legislation
