Section 34: Prescription
consolidated text (as at 1994, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
34. Prescription
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a vacant estate vested in the Curator,
whether before or after the commencement of this Act, shall become the
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property of Government by prescription if no divesting order is made in relation to it within 20 years of the date of the vesting order.
(2) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), the prescription made in favour of Government under subsection (1) may be interrupted or suspended in any manner in which, under the Code Civil Mauricien, prescription may be interrupted
or suspended.
(b) Where the prescription is suspended by the operation of articles 2252 and 2256 of the Code Civil Mauricien, the time required for prescription in favour of Government shall never exceed 30 years, inclusive of
the period of suspension.
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