Section 157: Deposit of title deed

157. Deposit of title deed (1) Any new owner proprietor of an immovable property who has acquired it otherwise than under a sale by public auction before the Master, and who wishes to protect himself from the effect of proceedings under articles 1658 to 1685 of the Code Civil Mauricien, shall, before those proceeding have been commenced, or, at the latest, within 30 days of service on him of the first summons (sommation)— (a) deposit his title at the Master’s Office; (b) notify the deposit, through an usher specially designated by a Judge, to the creditors who have taken their inscription before or on the day of the transcription of his title; and (c) publish, in 3 daily newspapers, a summary notice of the deposit under paragraph (b). (2) (a) Notification under subsection (1) (b) shall be served on the creditors at the domicile which they have elected in their inscription. (b) Where no election of domicile has been made on behalf of a vendor, the notification shall be served on him either in person or at his actual or last known domicile.