Section 23: Notice to unpaid vendor
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23. Notice to unpaid vendor
(1) Where, among the inscribed creditors, there is a creditor who holds a
vendor’s privilege duly inscribed, a similar notice shall be served on him at
the domicile elected by him in his inscription.
(2) The notice shall inform the creditor that, unless he commences his
action in cancellation of sale, and makes a declaration of having done so at
the foot of the memorandum of charges before the day fixed for the adjudication, he shall be definitely foreclosed, qua the adjudicatee, from having the
cancellation decreed.
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(3) Where no election of domicile has been made on behalf of the creditor, the notice shall be served on him either in person or at his actual or last
known domicile in Mauritius.
(4) Every vendor shall be entitled to commence his action in cancellation
whether his claim is due or not.
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Questions this section answers
- If whoever sold me the property was never fully paid, will they be told before it's auctioned?
- What happens if that unpaid seller doesn't act before the sale date?
- Can an unpaid seller claim the property back even if their debt isn't due yet?