Damage To Property (Compensation) Act, 1923

Notice to be served by applicants.

4.—(1) Every person who has before the passing of this Act applied or who after the passing of this Act applies under the Criminal Injuries Acts for compensation in respect of an injury to which this Part of this Act applies shall serve such notices in such form and on such persons as the Minister for Finance shall prescribe.

(2) Every notice served in compliance with any order or regulation made by the Minister for Finance under the Resolutions passed by Dáil Eireann on the 1st day of November, 1922, shall be deemed to have been served in compliance with this section.

(3) If on the hearing of any application under the Criminal Injuries Acts for compensation in respect of an injury to which this Part of this Act applies the Judge is not satisfied that the provisions of this section have been complied with he shall adjourn the hearing of the application until such provisions have been complied with, and if such provisions are not complied with within one month after the date of the adjournment of the hearing he shall dismiss the application on such terms as to costs as he shall think fit.

(4) The notices to be served under this section shall be in addition to and not in substitution for the notices prescribed by the Criminal Injuries Acts.