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Crown Proceedings Act 1947

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13Civil proceedings in the High Court.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, ail such civil proceedings by or against the Crown as are mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act are hereby abolished, and all civil proceedings by or against the Crown in the High Court shall be instituted and proceeded with in accordance with rules of court and not otherwise.

In this section the expression " rules of court " means, in relation to any claim against the Crown in the High Court which falls within the jurisdiction of that court as a prize court, rules of court made under section three of the [57 & 58 Vict. c. 39.] Prize Courts Act, 1894.

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