Seychelles
Immovable Property (Judicial Sales) Act
Chapter 94
- Commenced on 12 October 1877
- [This is the version of this document at 30 June 2014.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Immovable Property (Judicial Sales) Act.Part I
Chapter I
Seizure of immovable property (Saisie immobilière)
Subhead I - Seizure of immovable property in general
2. Seizure to be preceded by commandment
Every seizure of immovable property shall be preceded by a commandement to be served upon the debtor in person. The creditor shall, in the commendement elect a domicile at the office of the attorney at law retained by him for the purpose of such proceedings, at which domicile all acts relative to or in connection with the proceedings, or the claims to be enforced thereunder, shall be served upon him. He shall thereby notify to his debtor that, if he fail to pay the amount claimed, a seizure will be effected of his immovable property.It shall not be necessary to copy or to set forth in extenso in the commandement the title (titre) in virtue of which the seizure is to be made; it shall be sufficient to mention and describe the same, by stating the date of the title, the name of notary (if the title be a notarial deed), the amount of the sum due and the nature of the claim.If the title be a notarial deed, it shall not be necessary to take a copy in executory form (grosse exécutoire) either for the purpose of the commandement or of the seizure, anything contained in article 2213 of the Civil Code of Seychelles to the contrary notwithstanding.The usher serving the commandement need not be accompanied by witnesses: he shall within forty eight hours after service obtain upon the original the visa of the Registrar of the Supreme Court.[Note: As to "usher", see section 22(3) of the Courts Act (Cap 52); see also section 8 of proclamation 36 of 1877]3. Periods for seizure after commandment
The seizure of immovable property cannot be effected until after the expiration of ten days from the date of the commandement.If the creditor allows more than ninety days to elapse, after service, without having effected the seizure, he shall be bound to serve a fresh commandement subject to the same formalities and within the same time limits, as prescribed in section 2.4. Authority to usher to seize
The usher effecting the seizure must have a special authority so to do, in writing, from the execution creditor. Such authority shall be annexed by the usher to his memorandum of seizure, and shall be registered therewith.5. Requisites of the memorandum of seizure
The memorandum of seizure (procès verbal de saisie) besides the formalities common to all ushers' process shall contain.6. Notification of seizure
If the execution debtor (saisie) be domiciled in the district where the property seized is situated, the usher shall, at the time of the seizure, leave a copy of his memorandum of seizure with the said debtor in person, or at his domicile.If the execution debtor be domiciled in another district, or if he reside at a distance of more than six miles from the property seized, the usher shall within eight days after the registration of the seizure serve a copy of his memorandum of seizure upon the said debtor in person or at his domicile.If the seizure be made upon the heirs of the original debtor, it shall be sufficient notification to serve one copy upon the heirs collectively at the elected or at the last known domicile of the deceased.7. Transcription of the seizure
The memorandum of seizure shall be transcribed at the Mortgage Office within fifteen days after notification thereof, and at the same time mention of such notification and of the mode in which it has been made shall be inserted upon the margin of the transcription.8. Transcription of seizures of land registered under Land Registration Act
The transcription of seizures in respect of land registered under the Land Registration Act shall be effected by delivering to the Land Registrar an application for a restriction under section 84 of that Act with a certified copy of the memorandum of seizure.9. Concurrent seizures
In case the Registrar of Deeds is unable to transcribe the seizure immediately after the same has been, for that purpose, presented to him, he shall make a note upon the original left with him of the hour, day, month and year, when the same shall have come to his hands, and if there be concurrent seizures, the seizure first presented to him shall be transcribed.10. Anterior seizure
If there has been an anterior seizure the Registrar of Deeds shall note his refusal in the margin of the second seizure: he shall note the date of the anterior seizure, the name, residence and calling of the execution creditor and of the execution debtor the name of the attorney of the execution debtor and the date of the transcription of the seizure.11. Judicial sequestrator
If the property seized is not let or leased, the execution debtor shall continue in possession thereof, as judicial sequestrator, unless it shall be otherwise ordered in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VII of Part I.12. Sale of crop
At any time, while the execution debtor remains in possession of the property seized, as judicial sequestrator, any creditor may obtain an order for the sale of part or of the whole of the crop of the said property. Application for such order shall be made conformably with the provisions of Chapter VII and the net proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the hands of a Judge of the Supreme Court.13. Produce of land immobilised
The natural and industrial produce of the property seized, or the proceeds of the sale thereof shall, after transcription, be immobilized, to be distributed together with the sale price of the property according to the rank of claims thereon.14. Deterioration of the property seized
The execution debtor is prohibited from cutting down timber or in any way deteriorating the value of the property seized. In case of his so doing he shall be liable to an action in damages, entailing arrest in execution, without prejudice to any criminal prosecution to which he may thereby render himself liable.15. Voidable leases
Any lease made subsequently to the transcription of the seizure, shall be null ipso facto, without the necessity of proceedings being taken for having it annulled.As to leases made between the date of service of the commandement and the date of the transcription, they may be annulled at the instance of any creditor or of the adjudicatee.In no case shall any lease be valid, unless it has been inserted in the memorandum of charges, and made one of the conditions of the sale.And any creditor inscribed before the transcription of any such lease shall have a right to prevent the insertion of any such lease in the memorandum of the cahier des charges.16. Immobilisation of rent
The rents and profits of the property shall be immobilised from the date of the transcription of the seizure, to be distributed together with the sale price of the property, according to the ranking of claims.A simple opposition without further formality, at the instance of the execution or any other creditor, shall operate as an attachment in the hands of the lessee who shall henceforth be bound to deposit in the hands of a Judge all rent due by him, so often as the same shall fall due. Failing any such opposition, any payments made to the debtor shall operate pro tanto as a valid discharge to the lessee, and the execution debtor shall be accountable, as judicial sequestrator of the property, for the amount so paid to him.17. Execution debtor cannot alienate
The execution debtor, from and after the date when the seizure shall have been transcribed, shall have no right to alienate or hypothecate the property under seizure; any alienation or hypothecation so made shall be null and void ipso facto, without the necessity of proceedings being taken to have the nullity declared.18. When sale may be validated
Nevertheless, any such alienation shall become valid and effectual if, before the date fixed for the adjudication of the property, the purchaser deposit in the hands of a Judge a sum sufficient to cover in principal, interest and costs, the amount due to the inscribed creditor (who shall require payment) and to the execution creditor, and if he notify to such parties respectively the fact of such deposit having been made.19. Ranking of money borrowed to pay off inscribed claims
If the moneys so deposited have been borrowed, the lender can only acquire a mortgage taking rank subsequent to the creditors inscribed at the date of sale.20. Deposit of money to pay off claims, when too late
Failing such deposit as aforesaid, no further time for making the deposit shall be granted under any pretext whatever.21. Deposit of memorandum of charges
Within thirty days of the transcription of the memorandum of seizure, the execution creditor shall deposit at registry the memorandum of charges (cahier des charges) which shall contain22. Notice to execution debtor
Within eight days of filing the memorandum of charges, notice thereof shall be served upon the execution debtor, in person or at his domicile. The notice shall call upon the execution debtor to examine the memorandum of charges and to make thereon such observations as he may think fit, and further to be present at the time of the reading of the memorandum of charges, at which time a day shall be fixed for the final adjudication. The notice shall specify the day, hour and place appointed for the reading.23. Notice to inscribed creditors
A similar notice shall be served within the same period, at the respective domiciles elected by them in their inscriptions, upon all inscribed creditors, who have taken their inscriptions before the date of the deposit of the memorandum of charges.One notice shall suffice for each creditor, whatever may be the number of inscriptions taken by him.24. Notice to unpaid vendor
If, amongst the inscribed creditors there be any creditor holding a vendor's privilege duly inscribed, a similar notice shall be served upon that creditor at the domicil elected by him in his inscription.The notice shall inform such 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 to be fixed for the adjudication, he shall be definitively foreclosed, quà the adjudicatee, from having such cancellation decreed.If no election of domicile shall have been made on behalf of such creditor, the notice shall be served upon him either in person, or at his actual, or last known domicile in Seychelles.Every vendor shall be entitled to commence his action in cancellation whether his claim be due or not.25. Stay of sale upon vendor's declaration
If such declaration shall have been filed in due time, the sale shall thereupon be stayed, and the Supreme Court shall, upon the application of the execution creditor or of any other inscribed or judgment creditor, fix a period within which the plaintiff in such action shall be bound to bring his action to trial.The execution creditor or any inscribed or judgment creditor may intervene in such action.The said action may, at any time, be entered upon the cause list, and shall thereupon be heard and determined as an urgent case, with precedence over all other cases, upon the cause list, for the hearing of which no special day shall already have been appointed.26. When sale may take place notwithstanding such action
In case the action is cancellation shall not have been heard and determined, within the period fixed by section 25, the sale and adjudication of the property shall take place notwithstanding the pendency of such action, unless the Supreme Court, upon good and sufficient cause shown, shall have extended for a further definite period the time previously fixed for the hearing and determining of the said action.27. Entry of notices in margin of inscription of seizure
Within eight days after service of the last of the notices prescribed by sections 22, 23 and 24, an entry shall be made in the margin of the transcription of the seizure, to the effect that such notices have been served. From and after the day when such entry shall have been made, the seizure can no longer be erased, except by consent of the seizing creditor, of the sequestrator, if such there be, and of such of the inscribed creditors as shall have lodged oppositions in the hands of the Registrar of Deeds against the erasure of the seizure.28. Originals of notices and copies of newspapers to be filed
The originals of the notices prescribed by sections 22, 23 and 24, shall, within fifteen days from the date of entry prescribed by section 27, be filed in the registry and annexed to the memorandum of charges.29. Reading of memorandum of charges
The reading of the memorandum of charges shall take place before a Judge at a public sitting to be holden on some day not less than ten nor more than thirty days after the filing of such memorandum of charges. The day for the sale and adjudication shall be fixed by the Judge immediately after the reading of the memorandum of charges, which day shall be at least six weeks after the day of such reading.30. Change in conditions of sale
Whenever any inscribed creditor or the execution debtor may desire that the memorandum of charges, as drawn up by the attorney having the carriage of the proceedings, be rectified and amended in any respect, such party may apply by petition to a Judge, twenty one days at the least (unless cause be shown to the satisfaction of the Judge for entertaining such application, if made beyond the above period) previous to the day fixed for the sale, to appoint a day for the appearance of parties before him.In all cases the execution creditor shall be made a party to such proceedings, as also the execution debtor (unless the application be made by him) and any other parties whom the Judge may in his discretion think proper to join.Such petition, with the Judge's order thereon, shall be served upon the parties named therein five days previous to the day fixed for hearing, and shall further be made known to creditors by an advertisement in the manner prescribed in section 224 setting forth the desired change and acquainting them that they have the right, if they think fit, of intervening, before the Judge, on the day appointed by him, for the purpose of opposing such rectification or amendment. Any creditors so intervening shall do so, at their own cost, unless in any case where the Judge on dismissing such application, shall condemn the applicant to pay the costs of any intervening parties.The costs of such application shall be borne by the unsuccessful party, unless it shall be otherwise ordered; and in no case shall they be considered as costs of sale.31. Notice of day of sale and warning of creditors
Within fourteen days, after the reading of the memorandum of charges, the attorney in charge of the sale shall publish in the manner prescribed in section 224, a notice as near as may be in form of the schedule hereunto annexed (marked A) announcing the day when the said property shall be put up for sale and adjudication, and calling upon all parties who may have a right to take inscription of legal hypothec upon the property, to exercise such right before the transcription of the title deed of adjudicatee.Similar notices shall be again published in the manner prescribed in section 224, twelve days at the least, before the day fixed for the sale and adjudication of the property.32. Taxation of costs of sale
All costs of sale, due at the time of sale, shall be taxed by the Registrar previous to the adjudication; the bill for such costs duly taxed shall be filed in the registry twenty four hours before the sale.33. Cost of sale
No judgment by consent relative to the payment of any costs, as costs of sale, shall be binding upon the creditors who have not been parties to such judgment.The execution creditor shall have no power to bind any other creditor by his consent to any such judgment.34. Announcement of costs of sale
The amount of the taxed costs of sale shall be announced publicly on the day of adjudication, before the opening of the bidding. It shall also be mentioned in the judgment of adjudication, and beyond the amount so taxed no further sum shall be claimable or allowed in respect of such costs.35. Proceedings on day of sale
On the day fixed for the adjudication, the bidding shall be open, at the instance of the execution creditor or, failing him, at the instance of any one of the inscribed creditors or judgment creditors.36. Postponement of sale
Nevertheless the sale may be postponed either sine die, or to a specified day, at the instance of the execution creditor or of any one of the inscribed or judgment creditors, or of the execution debtor; but only upon strong grounds of necessity or expediency to be established to the satisfaction of a Judge. The decision of the Judge postponing the sale shall be final and without appeal.37. Fresh publication after postponement
When the sale shall have been so postponed as aforesaid, fresh publications, as prescribed in section 31 and in the form of Schedule A, shall be published in the manner prescribed by section 224.38. Bidding how to be made
The bidding shall be made before a Judge in open court, either by the bidders in person or by a duly empowered agent, bidding on their behalf.When once a bid has been covered by a higher bid, the former bid shall cease to be binding, even though the higher bid may be declared void.39. If mise à prix not covered
If there be no higher bid that the mise à prix of the execution creditor, the property shall be adjudicated to him. But if the execution debtor, or any inscribed or judgment creditor shall prove to the satisfaction of the Judge that such bid, or the highest covering bid is much below the value of the property, and that there is a reasonable prospect that, if the sale be postponed to a future day, a higher price will then be bid, the Judge may, in his discretion, postpone the sale as provided in section 36.40. Election of domicile by purchaser
The highest bidder, if he has purchased on his own account, shall be bound at the time of adjudication to elect a domicil in Victoria, and all acts connected with the proceedings, up to the closing of the ordre, shall be served upon him at the said domicile.41. Bidding on behalf of another
The highest bidder, if he has purchased on behalf of a third party, shall be bound within three clear days, after the date of the adjudication, to declare the name of the real adjudicatee and to produce either his ratification of the bidding, or the power of attorney authorising the bidding. The one or the other of the aforesaid documents, as the case may be, shall be annexed to the memorandum of his declaration. Failing the above, such bidder shall be deemed and taken to have bid and purchased on his own account unless he be, by law, a person incapable of purchasing for himself.The third party for whom the purchase has been made shall, at the same time, made an election of domicile in Victoria, and all acts mentioned in section 40 shall be served upon him at that domicile.42. Parties incapacitated from purchasing
The following persons are incapacitated from purchasing either in person or through the interposition of a third party:43. Title of the adjudicatee
The title deed of the adjudicatee shall consist simply of the memorandum of charges drawn up in th manner prescribed by section 21, together with any modification which may have been ordered to be made thereon, and also of the memorandum of adjudication. No other incidental proceedings need be inserted thereon.44. When to be delivered to purchaser
The aforesaid title deed shall not be delivered by the Judge until the purchaser shall have deposited in the Registrar's hands the costs claimable by the Judge, as also the amount payable by way of stamp duty and registration and transcription fees in respect of the title deed, nor until the purchaser shall have proved to the satisfaction of the Judge that he has fulfilled all the conditions of the memorandum of charges incumbent upon him at the time being and especially that he has paid all the taxed costs of sale, the receipts for which he shall be bound to produce to the Judge.45. Purchaser not fulfilling conditions liable to folle enchère
If the purchaser fail to deposit the sums aforesaid and to make proof as above within twenty days after the adjudication, he shall become liable to be sued by way of folle enchère as hereinafter provided, without prejudice to any other legal remedies against him.46. Judgment of adjudication not to be notified
It shall not be necessary to notify the judgment of adjudication to any party. The title deed of the adjudicatee shall be sufficient authority for him to take possession. In case of opposition on the part of any party whom he may find in actual possession, he shall cause himself to be put into possession by all legal ways and means.47. Formalities and periods
The formalities and periods prescribed by sections 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 31 and 37, shall be observed under pain of nullity, conformably with the provisions hereinafter contained in sections 67, 68 and 214.48. Misdescription of one of several properties included in same seizure
Where several immovable properties, not united as one property, are included in the same seizure, any misdescription or imperfect description of one the properties shall not vitiate the proceedings as regards the residue.49. Rights vested in the purchaser
The judgment of adjudication shall transmit to the adjudicatee no other rights over the property sold than those belonging to the execution debtor.Nevertheless the purchaser shall not be troubled, as to his rights of ownership, by any action in cancellation of sale grounded upon the non payment, in whole or in part, of any former sale price of the property, unless such action shall have been declared and proceeded with in conformity with sections 24, 25 and 26.50. After sale, remedy restricted to production upon sale price
In case under the provisions of section 26, the sale and adjudication of the property shall have taken place before the said action in cancellation shall have been heard and determined, or in case any holder of a vendor's privilege, upon being duly served with the notice mentioned in section 24, shall have neglected to exercise his resolutory right in the manner hereinbefore prescribed prior to the adjudication of the property, the adjudicatee shall not be troubled by any resolutory action in respect of any such vendor's right. In any such case, the holder of such right shall be debarred from all remedy, as regards the adjudicatee, saving the right of producing his claim for collocation at the distribution by way of ordre of the sale price of the property.Subhead II - Seizure of small properties
51. Formalities for sale of small properties
Whenever immovable property not exceeding in value six thousand rupees shall have been seized, and is to be sold by way of forcible ejectment, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the filing of the memorandum of charges to any party other than a creditor by way of conventional mortgage, as also to an inscribed vendor under the provisions of section 24 and to the execution debtor; nor shall it be necessary to read the conditions of sale.The day of sale and the value of the property shall be fixed by a Judge in writing at the foot of the memorandum of charges at the time of filing thereof, and such sale shall take place at least six weeks after the date of filing.Within fourteen days after the filing of the memorandum of charges, and again, twelve days at the least, before the day fixed for the sale, the notices prescribed by section 31 shall be published.52. How value to be ascertained
The value of any such immovable property shall, for the purposes of the preceding section, be determined by the Judge, in any of the following manners:Chapter II
On incidental applications after seizure of an immovable property (Des incidents de la Saisie Immobilière)
53. Form of incidental application
Every application to a Judge incidental to the seizure or sale of immovable property shall be made by petition setting forth summarily the grounds upon which such application is made and the parties against whom the same is made.The Judge shall at the foot of such petition make an order fixing a day for hearing such petition, and may in his discretion join as parties any persons whom he may think affected in their rights by the application in question.54. Service thereof
A copy of such petition with the Judge's order thereon shall be served upon the respective attorneys of the parties named therein or ordered to be joined by the Judge, five days at the least before the day of hearing.If any party shall not have constituted an attorney for the purposes of the said seizure, service shall be made upon such party either in person or at his usual place of residence eight days before the day of hearing.55. Consolidation of several seizures
In case two levying creditors shall have caused to be transcribed seizures of different immovable properties seized upon one and the same debtor, which properties have been united into one and have been cultivated or occupied as one property by the execution debtor, such seizures shall be, on the application of either the execution creditor, the inscribed creditors or even the execution debtor, consolidated ex officio by a Judge, and the proceedings shall thereupon be carried on by the party whose seizure was earliest in date.The consolidation must be ordered before the filing of the memorandum of charges, otherwise it cannot take place except by consent of parties.56. Carriage of sale in such case
If the two seizures are of the same date, the carriage of the sale shall devolve upon the attorney whose executory title is of oldest date. If both titles are of the same date, the carriage of the sale shall devolve upon the attorney senior in standing.57. Second seizure more extensive than first. Consolidation
In case a second seizure, on being presented for transcription, is found to be more extensive than the first seizure, such second seizure shall be transcribed with regard to any property not included in the first seizure, and the second execution creditor shall be bound to give notice of his seizure to the first execution creditor. The latter shall thereupon consolidate and carry on as one the two seizures if at the same stage; otherwise he shall stay proceedings upon the first seizure and shall carry on the second up to the stage attained by the first; he shall then consolidate the two.58. Subrogation of second seizing creditor
If the first execution creditor take no steps to carry on the second seizure within eight days after the same shall have been notified to him under the provisions of section 57, the second execution creditor shall be entitled to ask subrogation in the proceedings.59. Subrogation in seizure generally
Any inscribed or judgment creditor may also ask subrogation in the proceedings, in case of collusion, fraud or negligence on the part of the creditor carrying on the proceedings; saving the right of any party prejudiced by the collusion or fraud in question to sue in damages the party guilty of such collusion or fraud.60. Negligence
Negligence consists in the non fulfilment of any formality prescribed by law, or in the fulfilment of any such formality after the prescribed periods, or in not using due diligience to bring the property under seizure to adjudication.61. Decision of Judge as to subrogation
The decision of a Judge upon any demand in subrogation shall be final and without appeal, excepting in any case where subrogation is asked on the ground of fraud or collusion. The cost of the proceedings shall, in all cases, be borne by the losing party in conformity with articles 130 and 131 of the French Code of Civil Procedure, and in no case shall they be considered as costs of sale.62. Proceedings on subrogation
When subrogation shall have been granted against any party having the carriage of sale, such party shall be bound forthwith to deliver up to the party subrogated all documentary procedure relative to the seizure, upon a simple receipt for such documents. He shall not be entitled to claim payment of any costs, until after the judgment of adjudication, when he shall be entitled to claim payment of his disbursements only as part of the costs of sale.63. Continuance of proceedings in subsequent seizures after erasure of first seizure
In any case where a seizure shall have been erased, and where subsequent to the transcription thereof, and prior to the erasure, other creditors shall have presented seizures for transcription, the proceedings shall be continued by the creditor who has applied for the erasure.And if such creditor take no step, within three days, to have his seizure transcribed, the proceedings may be continued at the instance of the most diligent among the creditors.64. Demand of distraction
The demand of distraction of the whole or any portion of the property seized shall be instituted against both the execution creditor and the execution debtor. The first inscribed creditor shall also be joined; service of the demand shall be made upon the latter at the domicile elected by him in his inscription.65. Form of demand
The demand of distraction shall mention the titles (titres justificatifs) if any, relied upon in support of such demand, which titles shall be filed together with the original of the demand, at the registry after service of the demand. Notice of the demand shall be published in the manner prescribed in section 224.Every inscribed or judgment creditor shall have a right to intervene, at his own cost.66. Demand as to portion of seizure
If the demand of distraction applies only to a portion of the property seized, the proceedings for the sale and adjudication of the residue shall be continued, such demand notwithstanding.Nevertheless a Judge may, if he thinks fit, upon application made to him to that effect by any interested party, order a stay of proceedings as regards the whole of the property seized. If a distraction of a part is ordered, the execution creditor shall have a right to reduce his mise à prix in the memorandum of charges.67. Nullities anterior to the reading
Any nullities alleged to exist in the proceedings, antecedent to the reading of the memorandum of charges, shall be shown before a Judge, three days at least previous to such reading, otherwise they shall be deemed to have been waived. If the objection shall be held good, the proceedings shall be resumed from the last valid step and the times for the fulfilment of the subsequent steps in the proceeding shall begin to run from the date of the judgment which shall have definitively pronounced the nullity.68. Nullities subsequent the reading
Any nullities alleged to exist in the proceedings subsequent to the reading of the memorandum of charges and all other matters incident to, or connected with, the sale and adjudication of the property in question, shall be shown before a Judge eight days at the least before the day appointed for the sale and adjudication, or not at all. If the objections are held good, the Judge shall set aside all proceedings subsequent to the reading of the memorandum of charges, and shall appoint a further day for the sale and adjudication.69. Notice of day fixed for hearing objections
Five days' previous notice, with summons, of the day appointed by the Judge for having such nullities shown before him, or for having such other matters dealt with by him, must be given to the parties interested.70. Nullities in cases of small properties
In the case of a property not exceeding six thousand rupees in value, any nullities alleged to exist in the proceedings shall be objected to, by a simple declaration made and signed by the party objecting or his attorney at the foot of the memorandum of charges six days at least before the day of the sale.Such declaration shall set forth summarily the grounds of objection. The mere fact of making such declaration at the foot of the memorandum of charges shall be sufficient notice to all interested parties. The Judge shall hear such objections on the day of sale and his decision thereon shall be final and without appeal. If the objections be held good the proceedings shall be resumed from the last valid step and the periods on the fulfilment of the subsequent steps shall begin to run from the date of the Judge's judgment pronouncing the nullity.71. Costs of objection
The costs of such incidents shall be borne by the unsuccessful parties, in conformity with articles 130 and 131 of the French Code of Civil Procedure. In no case shall they be considered as part of the costs of sale.72. Costs of sale claimable at time of sale
The attorney prosecuting the sale shall be entitled to claim from the adjudicatee at the time of sale, his costs of disbursements as taxed by the Registrar; no further sum beyond costs of disbursement, of the proceedings towards the seizure and sale of the property shall in any case be claimable as against the execution debtor or the adjudicatee as the case may be.73. Costs of sale claimable at ordre
The attorney prosecuting the sale shall, over and above such costs of disbursement, be entitled upon any distribution of the sale price of an immovable property to claim his fees of sale which shall be a percentage upon the sale price calculated according to the following scale, viz.| (i) | On the first Rs. 1,000 | 5 per cent. |
| (ii) | From Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 2,000 | 4 per cent. |
| (iii) | From Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 6,000 | 3 per cent. |
| (iv) | From Rs. 6,000 to Rs. 40,000 | 2 per cent. |
| (v) | From Rs. 40,000 to Rs. 200,000 | ½ per cent. |
| (vi) | On any amount above Rs. 200,000 | ¼ per cent. |
74. Costs only claimable if client collocated
The right of any such attorney to claim such percentage specified in section 73 or any share of the same shall be contingent upon the party for whom any such attorney acts, being collocated at the ordre for some portion of his claim in respect of which the seizure has been made, or the subrogation has been obtained.75. Costs when claim settled
Whenever the claim of the execution creditor is paid or settled, and when consequently the proceedings towards the sale of the property seized are, in respect of such, discontinued; in any such case, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the attorney prosecuting in respect of such claim shall be entitled to claim payment for his full costs of proceedings up to the time of payment or settlement. Such costs to be taxed according to the tariff in force for the time being.Chapter III
Of the sale of immovable property belonging to minors
76. To be authorised by family council
The sale of immovable property belonging to minors can only take place when there is a manifest advantage or an absolute necessity for such sale, and conformably with the provisions of article 457 and following of the Civil Code of Seychelles, in pursuance of the resolution of a family council duly assembled under the presidency of the President of Family Councils.If however any immovable property be in the joint ownership of minors and persons of full age, and if the sale be prosecuted at the instance of the latter, no family council shall be requisite, The sale shall, in such case, be prosecuted in conformity with the rules laid down in Chapter IV relative to sales by licitation.Where a family council shall be required, if the sub guardian does not form part of the council he shall be added thereto, and he shall have a right to vote.[Note: References to powers of the Family Council shall be construed as references to the powers of the Court and references to the sub guardian shall be construed as references to the guardian: refer 3rd Schedule Civil Code of Seychelles Act (Cap. 33.]77. Homologation
The resolution of the family council shall be submitted for homologation to a Judge in chambers.78. Order for sale
At the foot of the minute of the deliberation of the family council, and after the homologation thereof, the Judge shall write his order for the sale of the property.The Judge shall, in his order, fix a mise à prix: he may base his estimate79. Memorandum of charges
The sale shall take place pursuant to a memorandum of charges, which shall be filed in the registry by the attorney prosecuting the sale and which shall contain80. Day of sale
The day of sale shall be fixed by the Judge in writing at the foot of the memorandum of charges at the time of the filing thereof.81. Notice to inscribed creditors, of filing
Thirty days at least before the day of sale, notice of the filing of the memorandum of charges and of the day fixed for the sale shall be served upon all inscribed creditors at the respective domiciles elected by them in their inscriptions, provided that the said creditors have taken their inscriptions before the deposit of the memorandum of charges.One notice shall suffice for each creditor whatever may be the number of inscriptions taken by him.82. Notice to unpaid vendor
If amongst the inscribed creditors there be any holding a vendor's privilege duly inscribed, a notice similar to that prescribed hereinbefore in section 24 shall be served upon him in the manner prescribed in the said section.83. Notice to sub guardian
In addition to the above notices, notice of the filing of the memorandum of charges, and of the day fixed for the sale, shall, at least thirty days before the sale, be served upon the sub guardian in person.The said sub guardian shall, in conformity with the provisions of article 459 of the Civil Code of Seychelles, be summoned by such notice to be present at the sale, with the intimation that the sale shall take place at the time appointed, whether he be present or not.84. Notice of day of sale to be sufficient notice to creditors by legal mortgage not inscribed
Thirty days at least before the day of sale, notice thereof, as near as may be in the form in the schedule hereunto annexed (marked B) shall be published in the manner prescribed in section 224. Such notices shall, for all intent and purposes, be taken to be sufficient notice to the creditors, if any, by way of legal mortgage not inscribed. A similar notice shall be again published in the manner aforesaid twelve days at least, before the day of sale.85. Change in conditions of sale. Demands in nullity
Any judgment creditor or inscribed creditor may apply for a change in or modification of the memorandum of charges and may also demand the nullity of the proceedings.This application shall be made at least ten days before the day of the sale. It shall be made by petition to a Judge setting forth summarily the nature and grounds of the application or demand. The Judge shall thereupon make his order upon the petition appointing a day for hearing.The petition, with the Judge's order thereon, shall be served upon the parties who, by the petition and order, are required to show cause five days previous to the day of hearing, and shall within the like period, be made known to creditors by an advertisement in the manner prescribed in section 224, setting forth summarily the nature of the application or demand, informing them of their rights to intervene if they think fit before the Judge on the day of hearing.Any creditors so intervening shall do so at their own costs, unless in any case where the Judge, on dismissing such petition, shall condemn the petitioner to pay the costs of any intervening parties.86. Costs of objection
The costs of the application or demand, as also all costs of any other incidental proceedings arising out of or in connection with the proceedings towards the sale of the property, shall be borne by the unsuccessful party in conformity with articles 130 and 13 of the French Code of Civil Procedure, and, in no case, shall they be considered as costs of sale.87. Bidding not reaching the upset price
In case on the day of sale the biddings do not reach the upset price, the Judge may, upon application then and there party prosecuting the sale, or by any other interested party, order that the property shall be sold below the upset price, and shall in such case fix a day when the property shall again be put up for sale, which day shall be at least fourteen days from the date of such order.88. Notice of day of sale
Notice of the day of sale so fixed as above shall be published in the manner prescribed in section 224, at least eight days before the day so fixed.89. Apportionment of price where property belongs to several minors
If the property to be sold belongs to several minors, and their respective rights therein are liquidated and ascertained, it shall not be necessary to apportion the sale price by deed of partition, but the said apportionment may be made in and by the memorandum of charges, or the Judge may, in case of need, distribute the sale price between the parties entitled thereto.90. Costs of sale
The costs of sale which the attorney prosecuting the sale shall have a right to claim shall consist of—91. Private sale of share of minor in property
In like manner, and subject to the same conditions and formalities, it shall be lawful for any guardian to sell, by notarial contract, any share in any immovable property not exceeding thirty thousand rupees in value, belonging to a minor.If the sale of such minor's share in a property be made after proceedings for the judicial sale of the property have begun, the proceedings shall continue between the parties to the sale, and the purchaser of such share and the Judge shall make the necessary suggestion to make such purchaser a party to the sale.92. Definition of "minor" and "guardian"
In section 91 the word "minor" includes emancipated minors and interdicted persons; and "guardian" includes the curator of an emancipated minor.93. Share of minor
In the first paragraph of section 91 the words "not exceeding thirty thousand rupees in value" have reference to the share of a minor in an immovable property whatever may be the total value of such property.94. Exchange of property belonging to minors
In any case when immovable property belonging to a minor may be sold under section 91 an exchange of such property may be made subject to the same conditions and formalities.95. Benefit of investory maintained notwithstanding any such sale
In case of any sale by notarial contract of property belonging to a minor or of any share thereof, under the provisions of section 91 such minor shall, notwithstanding such sale, retain his capacity of heir under benefit of inventory, conformable with article 461 of the Civil Code of Seychelles.96. Value of property of share, how ascertained
For the purpose of section 91, the value of the immovable property or of any share thereof to be sold under the provisions of the said section, shall be fixed and determined by an expert who shall be appointed by the Judge and who shall proceed conformable to the terms of section 78.97. Nullities
The formalities and times prescribed by sections 81. 82, 83, 84, 85 and 88, shall be observed under pain of nullity conformably with the provisions hereinafter contained in section 214.The Judge shall not proceed to the adjudication before he has ascertained and certified that the formalities and times provided by this chapter have been duly observed. The adjudicatee shall not be troubled on account of any of the said nullities.Chapter IV
Sales by licitation
98. Demand in licitation
In any case where according to law, the sale by licitation of an immovable property can only take place under judicial authority (en justice) the demand in licitation shall from henceforth be made, ex parte, by petition to a Judge setting forth a summary description of the property sought to be licitated, and the respective names, places and abode, and callings of the several parties against whom the licitation is to be prosecuted.The Judge shall, upon the petition being presented to him, note thereon the day and hour when the same has come to his hands.99. Of several demands
When several demands for licitation or for a division in kind, of the same property shall have been made, the carriage of the proceeding shall belong to the party whose petition shall have been presented first in order of time.If two demands are presented simultaneously the attorney being the senior in date of admission shall have the carriage of the proceedings.100. Collective demand by co licitants
A demand for a licitation or for a division in kind may be made in the joint names of all the co licitants, even in the case where some of them are minors, or under interdiction, provided that in either of the two latter cases the demand be sanctioned by a Judge.101. Commencement of proceedings. Memorandum of charges
The party having carriage of the proceedings shall, within a fortnight after the deposit of his demand, commence the proceedings by filing in the registry of the Supreme Court the memorandum of charges pursuant to which he proposes to sell the property, which memorandum shall be drawn up in the manner prescribed in Chapter III relative to sales of immovable property belonging to minors, but shall, in addition, contain the following particulars:102. Notification of deposit of memorandum of charges
Within fifteen days of the date of deposit of the memorandum of charges, notice thereof shall be given103. Objection to licitation. Conditions of sale or nullities
Within thirty days, after the expiry of the period for notice prescribed in section 102, any defendant in the licitation, or any inscribed or judgment creditor may, if he think fit, object to the licitation, or to any of the clauses or conditions of the memorandum of charges, or to any nullities in the proceedings, Such objections shall be made, heard and determined in like manner and subject to the same rules as are hereinbefore prescribed in sections 85 and 86, the provisions of which said sections are hereby extended and applied to the proceedings.104. If no objection, judge to fix day of sale
After the expiry of the period above prescribed for making objections, or after any objections shall have been heard and finally determined, as the case may be, the Judge shall, at the foot of the memorandum of charges, make his order fixing the day of sale which shall be at least four weeks from the date of such order.105. Notice to be published on day of sale
Within eight days after the date of the Judge's order fixing the day of sale, a notice, as near as may be according to the form in the form in the schedule marked A, shall be published in the manner prescribed in section 224.The notice shall be repeated at least twelve days before the day of the sale in the same manner.106. Application for stay of licitation on grounds of hardship
107. Application for stay of licitation and division in kind
108. Judge's order thereon fixing day
Upon any such application, the Judge shall at the foot of the petition make an order fixing a day when the several other co owners, and any other parties, whom he may in his discretion order to be joined, shall show cause before him.109. Service of order
A copy of the petition and of the Judge's order thereon shall be served upon the respective parties named therein ten days at the least before the day of hearing.110. Parties appearing to elect domicile in Victoria
All parties appearing shall be required by the Judge to elect domicile respectively in the town of Victoria, at which domicile all acts relative to or in connection with the proceedings may thenceforth be served upon such parties.111. When Judge may refuse application for division in kind
The Judge may, after hearing the parties, and without previous appraisement (expertise) refuse the application for a division in kind in any of the cases following112. Appraisement
The Judge may also, before deciding upon the demand, order an appraisement (espertise) by an appraiser to be named by him.In such case the appraiser shall, within a delay to be fixed by the Judge, make and file in the registry his report which shall in a summary manner give a description of the property, the estimated value thereof, and the basis upon which such valuation is made. The report shall further state whether or not the property can conveniently be divided in kind, and if so divisible shall set forth the proposed lots in conformity with this Act and the provisions of the Civil Code of Seychelles.In no case of appraisement under the provisions of this Chapter shall it be necessary to administer an oath to the appraiser.The parties to the division in kind shall be summoned, by a notice served upon them in person or at the domicile elected by them in accordance with section 110, four days at least before the day fixed for the appraisement, to attend at the time and place where the said appraisement is to be made.113. Formation of lots in case of unequal rights
If the rights of the parties to the division (co partageants) although liquidated are unequal, the Judge, if of opinion that the drawing of lots would be attended with inconvenience or disadvantage, may either refuse to order the division in kind, or he may, in ordering an appraisement, direct the appraiser to form the respective lots in proportion to the rights of the respective parties, and further to allot accordingly without any drawing of lots.114. Costs where division in kind refused. Order for licitation
In every case where the Judge refuses to order a division in kind he shall condemn the applicant for the division to the payment of all costs of such application.In the case of an alternative demand, made in accordance with subsection (2) of section 107, the Judge shall authorise the applicant to prosecute the sale of the property by licitation.115. Confirmation of appraiser's report
Within fifteen days after the report of the appraiser shall have been filed, the party having the carriage of the sale shall apply to the Judge to appoint a day when parties shall appear before him to show cause against the confirmation (enterrinement) of the report, and, as the case may be, against the drawing of lots. In default of his so doing, within the above period, any of the interested parties may make the said application to the Judge.116. Drawing of lots
In case the Judge authorises a division in kind, under the provisions of section 113, the order of the Judge confirming the report of the appraiser shall operate as a definite allotment of shares. In case the Judge authorises a division in kind under the provisions of section 112, the drawing of lots shall take place before him, either immediately after the confirmation of the report, or at such future day as the Judge shall appoint.117. Memorandum of proceedings by Judge
The Judge shall, in all cases, draw up a memorandum of proceedings, to which shall be annexed the report of the appraiser.118. Partition by agreement
Any parties having occasion to make a partition of immovable or movable properties, or both, amongst themselves, even though some of them are minors, absent, or under interdiction, may, if such are legally represented, procee à l'amiable, to the operations of accounts, liquidation, and partition, without its being any longer necessary to draw lots, subject nevertheless to the fulfilment of the following conditions:119. Costs
The provisions of sections 86 and 90, relative to costs, shall be applicable to sales by licitation.Chapter V
Sales under benefit of inventory
120. Petition for sale. Proceedings
In any case where an heir under benefit of inventory shall desire that any immovable property belonging to a succession be sold, he shall present a petition to a Judge setting forth a summary description of the property and praying that the sale be ordered.This petition shall be communicated to the Attorney General, and upon his conclusions, the Judge shall order the sale to take place, and shall fix the mise à prix, according to any of the modes prescribed in section 78.The formalities and times prescribed in and by Chapter III of this part, relative to the sale of immovable properties belonging to minors, shall be observed in all sales under this chapter.The provisions of sections 86 and 90 shall be applicable to sales under this chapter.121. Consequence of non compliance with formalities
The heir under benefit of inventory shall be reputed to be purely and simply heir (héritier pur et simple) if he sell any such immovable property otherwise than in compliance with the rules prescribed in this chapter.Chapter VI
Sequestration
122. Powers of the Supreme Court
In all sales by a Judge under the Act, the Supreme Court shall have power, upon the application of an interested party in the sale, to make an order for the sequestration of an immovable property and for the management and administration thereof, and may further authorise the sequestrator to provide money for the payment of the current wages of the labourers and the current salary of the employees and manager of the property, for the purchase of provisions and of manure, and generally for maintaining the property in such condition as to prevent its deteriorating in value during such sequestration.The court may also order the payment of the totality or of part of the arrears of wages which may be due to the labourers of the property under a judgment of a magistrate. The sequestration shall further be under such other conditions as the court, in its discretion, may determine.123. Application for order of sequestration
The application may be made to a Judge in chambers returnable before the Supreme Court, if in term time, or before the Judge in chambers, if in vacation.Notice of such application having been made and of the return day shall be published in the manner prescribed in section 224, three clear days at least before the return day.The same notice shall be served upon the first and last inscribed creditors, in person, and the Judge may in his discretion order that notice of such application shall be served upon any party who may have an interest to oppose the same.124. Inspection of the property
The Judge may order that, in the first instance, the property shall be visited by some competent person to be appointed by such Judge, and the said person shall, after inspection of the property and examination of the books, report—125. Interventions
On the return day any parties having an interest may intervene and oppose such application. The costs of such interventions shall be borne by the intervening parties, unless the Judge otherwise order.126. Duration of sequestration
The sequestration if ordered shall be limited to such period not exceeding four months as may be necessary in order to bring the estate to sale.But the same may be continued, upon similar application, and upon good and sufficient cause shown for such further periods, one or more, as shall together with the original period not exceed six calendar months.Nothing hereinbefore contained shall prevent the Judge, in his discretion, from extending, with the consent of all the inscribed creditors, the sequestration of the property for such further period, beyond the period of six calendar months, as the said creditors may agree to, and as the said Judge may think necessary in the interest of all interested parties.127. Order to specify the amount to be expended
The sequestration order shall, in all cases, specify the amount which the sequestrator shall be authorised to expend and the mode in which such amount is to be applied.The sequestrator shall have no power without the special leave of the court to incur any further expenses, or to apply any money otherwise than in conformity with the sequestration order.128. Privilege of sequestration
All sums of money which shall have been advanced by any sequestrator in accordance with the foregoing provisions shall be a privileged claim on the crop of the property, and on the sale price thereof, in case of insufficiency of the crop, such privilege having priority over all other claims.129. Sequestrator not to have any interest in supplies to the estate
The sequestrator shall have no direct or indirect interest in any furnishing of supplies to the estate under his charge. Any items of his accounts which the court shall be satisfied to have ben incurred in contravention of this section, shall be disallowed.130. Sequestration accounts
The sequestrator shall be bound to deposit in the registry of the Supreme Court a copy of the accounts of his administration, at the times which may have been specified in the sequestration order, or at any other time which the Judge may order.Chapter VII
Provisions applicable in general to all sales by public competition
131. Provisions applicable to all sales
The provisions hereinbefore contained in the third paragraph of section 15, and in sections 24, 26, 32, the first paragraph of section 33, sections 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49 and 50 are mutatis mutandis applicable to all sales by public competition of immovable properties under the provisions of this Act.Part II
Chapter I
Of outbidding (De la Surenchère)
132. Time for, and amount of outbidding
In all sales before a Judge, any person may, within eight days from the adjudication, either in person, or by his attorney, specially authorised to that effect by written power, make an outbidding, provided the same be of at least one sixth of the sale price, exclusive of all costs of sale.133. How to be made
Such outbidding shall be made at the registry of the Supreme Court, and when once made shall not be withdrawn.134. Amount of deposit
If the outbidding do not exceed in amount one thousand rupees, the full amount shall be deposited at the time when such outbidding is made.If it exceed one thousand rupees, the amount to be deposited shall be at the discretion of a Judge, but, in such case, the minimum shall be one thousand rupees and the maximum five thousand rupees.135. Publication of outbidding by Judge
Upon such outbidding being made, a Judge shall ex officio cause to be published in the manner prescribed in section 224, and, at least ten days before sale, a notice as near as may be in the form in the schedule marked C to the effect that the property in question has been sold at a certain price, that an outbidding has been made upon such sale, that the property will again be put up for sale on a specified day which shall be fixed by the Judge, and which shall not be more than fifteen days from the date of making the surenchère; and that all parties desirous of purchasing may attend and bid on such last mentioned day.136. Costs of outbidding
No further formalities shall be requisite. The costs of making the outbidding shall be taxed immediately upon the outbidding being made, and shall be included in the costs of sale.137. Reopening bidding
Upon the day fixed for the re opening of the bidding, any person shall be at liberty to bid, either in person, or by a duly empowered agent.If there are no bidders, the property shall be adjudicated to the outbidder.138. Outbidders making default, to forfeit amount of deposit
If, on the day when the bidding is re opened, the outbidder does not appear, or if appearing he does not fulfil the conditions of sale, and the property remains finally adjudicated to the original adjudicatee for the original price, the outbidder shall, in any such case forfeit the amount of his deposit which, after deduction therefrom of the costs of such outbidding, shall be added on to and form part of the sale price of the property.He shall furthermore be liable for the difference between the price of adjudication and the amount of his outbidding at the suit of any interested party.139. No outbidding on outbidding allowed
When a property shall have been adjudicated upon an outbidding, no further outbidding shall be admissible upon such adjudication.140. Except when property resold by folle enchère
An outbidding may be made upon all sales by folle enchère.Chapter II
Of the folle enchère
141. Folle enchére upon non execution of the conditions of sale
In case any adjudicatee fail to execute the conditions of sale incumbent upon him, the property shall be resold by folle enchère.142. Before judgment of adjudication taken out
If the folle enchère be prosecuted before delivery of the title to the adjudicatee, as hereinbefore provided by section 44, the party prosecuting the folle enchère shall cause to be delivered to him by a Judge a certificate to the effect that the adjudicatee has not justified fulfilment of the conditions of the adjudication then incumbent upon him.This certificate together with a commandement to execute the conditions of sale shall be served upon the adjudicatee in person.143. Objections
Any opposition which may be lodged against the delivery of such certificate shall be by way of petition to a Judge, setting forth in detail the grounds of such opposition.At the foot of the petition the Judge shall fix a time for hearing the objections.The costs shall be paid conformably to the provisions of articles 130 and 131 of the French Code of Civil Procedure: and in no case shall they be considered as costs of sale.144. Proceedings for resale
The party prosecuting the folle enchère shall, upon proof of service of the certificate and commandement mentioned in section 142, or, in case the folle enchère be prosecuted after deliverance of the title of the adjudicatee, upon proof of the service of the warrant for payment and commandement, apply to a Judge to appoint a day for the resale by way of folle enchère.Such day shall not be less than twenty days nor more than thirty days from the date of such application.145. Notices
The party prosecuting the folle enchère shall cause a notice of such resale to be published in the manner prescribed in section 224, within four days from the date of the Judge's order fixing the day of such resale, and in the Gaxette within eight days therefrom.The notice shall be as much as possible in the form in the schedule marked D.If the property of which the folle enchère is prosecuted has been previously adjudicated for less than six thousand rupees, no notice in the Gazette shall be required.146. Postponement of sale
On the day appointed for such resale by way of folle enchère, the postponement of the sale may, upon application of any of the interested parties, be ordered by the Judge.The postponement shall take place conformably to the provisions of section 36 and the sale shall take place after fresh publications which must be made in the manner prescribed in section 224, at least twelve days previous to the sale.147. Resale prevented by adjudicatee
In case, at any time, before the resale of the property as aforesaid, the adjudicatee shall prove to the satisfaction of a Judge that he has fulfilled all the conditions of the adjudication then incumbent upon him, and shall also have deposited with the Judge a sum sufficient to defray the costs of folle enchère, as taxed by the Judge, such resale shall not take place.148. Costs of concurrent sale and resale
The costs of a sale begun before a Judge shall never be employed as costs of resale, and reciprocally the costs of a resale which is in course of prosecution shall never be employed as costs of a concurrent sale.149. Liability of the fol enchêrisseur
The adjudicatee against whom the resale by way of folle enchère is prosecuted (fol enchêrisseur) shall be responsible for the difference between the purchase price and the price at which the property shall have been resold by way of folle enchère, without any right to claim any excess of price obtained upon the resale, which excess shall be distributed as part of the sale price of the estate.Part III – Procedure for the clearance of immovable properties sold otherwise than by public auction before the Judge.
150. New proprietor to deposit his title deed and notify the deposit thereof to inscribed creditors
Any new proprietor of an immovable property acquired by him otherwise than under any sale by public competition before a Judge, who shall be desirous of protecting himself from the effect of proceedings under the provisions of article 1658 of the Civil Code of Seychelles shall be bound to that end, either before such proceedings shall have been commenced, or, at latest, within thirty days of service upon him of the first summons (sommation), to deposit at the registry his title, and to notify such deposit through an usher of the Supreme Court specially designated on that behalf by a Judge in chambers, to the creditors who have taken their inscriptions before or on the day of the transcription of the aforesaid title.The summons shall be served upon the said creditors at the domicile elected by them in their inscriptions.If no election of domicile shall have been made on behalf of a vendor, the notification shall be served upon him either in person or at his actual or last known domicile.The new proprietor shall also, within the same periods, publish, in the manner prescribed in section 224, a summary notice of such deposit.151. Requisition for resale before Judge
Any inscribed creditor or judgment creditor may, within fifteen days next following the fulfilment of the above formalities, make a requisition that the property be put up for sale by public competition before a Judge.If the requisition is made by a creditor holding a vendor's privilege duly inscribed, such creditor shall not be debarred of the right of making a declaration that he intends to enter an action in cancellation, in the manner provided for by section 24.Such requisition shall be made by a mere declaration to the above effect, in the margin or at the foot of the act of deposit (acte de dèpôt) and by a simultaneous deposit of a sum of money to be fixed by a Judge, and which, in no case, shall exceed five thousand rupees.152. If no requisition price definitively fixed
In the event of none of the inscribed or judgment creditors having made requisition as aforesaid, within the time and in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, the value of the property shall be deemed to be definitively fixed at the price stipulated in the deed of sale, or declared by the purchaser, and the purchaser shall be freed from every privilege or inscribed hypothec, upon paying his price to the creditors according to the ranking of their claims, or upon depositing the said price in the hands of a Judge.153. Formalities of resale
In the case the property be put up for sale by public competition, the sale shall be proceeded with under the formalities prescribed for sales by forcible ejectment.The sale shall be proceeded with at the instance of the purchaser within fifteen days after the date of the requisition mentioned in section 151. If after such period the purchaser has taken no step the sale may be prosecuted at the instance of any inscribed or judgment creditor.154. Memorandum of charges
The first formality to be fulfilled in the proceedings for resale shall be the deposit of the memorandum of charges and conditions of sale which shall be made by the party prosecuting the resale within fifteen days after the requisition for the sale.Failing his doing so within the above period, any inscribed or judgment creditor may do so in his stead, and shall thereupon be ipso facto subrogated in the proceedings.155. Sale not to be stopped
The abandonment of the proceedings (désistement) by the creditor who shall have made requisition for the resale shall not put a stop to such resale, except upon the express and written consent of all the inscribed creditors and of such judgment creditors who may have previously filed in the hands of the Judge an opposition against any abandonment of the proceedings.156. Forfeiture of deposit
In case the bidding at the resale by public auction does not exceed the tenth of the price stipulated in the deed of sale, the sum deposited under the provisions of section 151 shall be forfeited, and shall be added to the price aforesaid to be distributed conformably to law.157. Case of several properties in the deed of sale
In case the title of the new proprietor comprises movables as well as immovable properties some of which are burdened with hypothecs, and others not so, or which are all of them so burdened, and the claims on each are different, the new proprietor shall, in any of the above cases, be bound to declare in his act of deposit and in his act of notification what respective portions of the total price he proposes to affect to each property.158. Reimbursements to evicted purchaser in case of resale
The adjudicatee shall be bound, over and above his price of adjudication, to reimburse to the dispossessed purchaser the costs of his contract, those of the transcription, of the deposit, and of the notification of the same.He shall also pay the costs incurred towards the resale of the property in manner as provided by sections 34 and 73.The stamp duty and registration and transcription fees in respect of the voluntary alienation shall be also refunded to the dispossessed proprietor by the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, upon the certificate of the Registrar and of the Stamp Duty Commissioner respectively as soon as the property shall have been adjudicated upon the resale.159. Effect of adjudication
The adjudication shall operate pleno jure as a resolution of the previous alienation.160. Foregoing provisions applicable to exchanges and donations
The provisions of the part shall extend and apply to acquisitions of immovable property by exchange or donation, but they shall only apply to acquisitions made after the date when this Act shall take effect.Part IV – Of the distribution by way of Order (De l'Ordre)
161. Judgment of adjudication to be registered and transcribed
As soon as the adjudicatee shall, in conformity with the provisions of section 44, have deposited in the hands of the Judge the amount payable by way of stamp duty and registration and transcription fees in respect of his title, the Judge shall ex officio cause such title to be registered and transcribed and thereafter to be returned to him by the Registrar of Deeds.162. Application for certificate of inscriptions
Immediately after the date of the transcription of the title of the adjudicatee, the party having the carriage of the proceedings shall make application in writing to the Registrar of Deeds for a certificate of inscriptions burdening the property sold. If such application be not made within fifteen days after the transcription, the most diligent amount the creditors or the purchaser shall be entitled to make such application and on doing so he shall be ipso facto subrogated in the carriage of the proceedings.163. Registrar to transmit certificate to Judge
The Registrar of Deeds shall ex officio transmit the said certificate, as soon as drawn up, to the Judge and the cost of such certificate shall be paid to the Judge by the party having the carriage of the proceedings.164. Opening of ordre
The Judge, upon receipt of such certificate, shall make an order declaring that the ordre is opened, and shall cause a copy of his said order to be posted up in some public place in his office. The original shall be annexed to the certificate of inscriptions, and shall be filed therewith in the registry.165. Notice to inscribed creditors
The party having the carriage of the ordre shall be bound, within fifteen days of the opening of the order as aforesaid, to summon the inscribed creditors to produce their claims; the summons shall be served upon them at the respective domiciles elected by them in their inscriptions.As regards any vendor for whom no election of domicile shall have been made the summons shall be served upon him, either at his actual domicile in Seychelles, if any such there by, or at his last known domicile.166. Notice to adjudicatee and to judgment creditor
The opening of the ordre shall, within the same period, be notified to the adjudicatee at the domicile elected by him under the provisions of sections 40 and 41.167. Originals to be filed in registry
Within fifteen days after service of the summonses upon the inscribed creditors, the party having the carriage of the ordre shall file in the registry the originals of the summonses.The said several documents shall be marked as filed, and the fact of filing shall be mentioned in the memorandum of proceedings (procès verbal) of the ordre.168. Production of claims
Within thirty days after service of the above summonses every creditor shall be bound to produce his titles (titres) together with a memorandum of production signed by his attorney and containing a demand of collocation for the claim produced and for the costs of production. The Judge shall mark as filed the titles and shall annex the several acts of production to the minutes of the proceeding.The said titles shall not be withdrawn from the registry under any pretence whatever, until after the ordre has been finally closed, and while there deposited shall be open to the inspection of all interested parties, subject to any regulations in that behalf which may be from time to time made by the Judge.Nevertheless the creditors whose claims have been finally collocated shall have the right to withdraw their titles, unless it be otherwise ordered by the Judge, upon the opposition of any of the other parties to the ordre.169. Notice of provisional closing of ordre
The Judge, after having drawn the provisional scheme of distribution, shall sign it, and shall issue a notice thereof signed by him, which notice shall be posted up in his office.Within ten days after the posting of such notice in the registry the attorney having the carriage of the proceedings shall give notice of the same to the attorneys of the several creditors who have made production and to the execution debtor, and shall thereby summon them to take communication of the provisional scheme of distribution, and make such objections thereto as they may think fit within thirty days from date of service.170. Late production
In case any creditor shall have neglected to make production of his claim within the time prescribed by section 168, he may do so at any time prior to the expiry of the thirty days for objecting to the provisional scheme of distribution; but in such case he shall be bound to give, at his own cost, notice of his production to the several creditors who shall already have made production of their claims, and he shall also pay the costs of his production.171. Foreclosure
If any of the creditors who have made production and have been served with the notice prescribed by section 169 fail to take communication of the provisional scheme of distribution or to object thereto within the above period, they shall ipso facto be finally foreclosed from making any further objections.172. Ventilation
Whenever a necessity shall arise for the ventilation of the sale price of immovable properties sold together in one lot, the Judge may, upon the ex parte application of any interested party or even ex officio, make order to that effect, upon the memorandum of proceedings, thereby appointing an appraiser and fixing a time within which he shall be bound to file his report.The above order shall be notified to the appraiser by the party having the carriage of the proceedings. It shall not be necessary to administer an oath to the appraiser.The report of the appraiser when filed, shall be annexed to the said memorandum without further formality, and the Judge shall thereupon make the ventilation and establish the provisional scheme of distribution.173. Contredits
Any party objecting to the provisional scheme of distribution shall be bound to specify the several collocations contested by him, and to set forth his principal grounds of objection against the same, as also to produce and file any titles or documentary proofs which he may at the time, have to adduce in support of his objections.174. Partial closing of ordre as to uncontested claims
If there be any uncontested claims anterior in ranking to contested claims, the Judge shall close the ordre in respect thereof, and shall forthwith issue warrants for payment (bordereaux de collocation) for the same.He may proceed in like manner as regards any uncontested claims ranking subsequent to any contested claims, provided a sufficient surplus be reserved for payment of such contested claims.175. Final closing where no contestation
If there be no contestation relative to the provisional scheme of distribution, the Judge shall, after the expiry of the time fixed in that behalf, finally close the ordre.He shall tax the costs of erasure of inscriptions not collocated for payment, and of the procedure for the establishing of the ordre, which costs shall be collocated by preference over all claims of creditors.He shall deliver warrants for payment to the creditors collocated for payment.He shall furthermore order the erasure of the inscriptions of all creditors who have not been collocated, in so far only as such inscriptions affect the estate sold.176. Costs of acquittance
The costs of discharge (quittance), and of erasure of inscription of the several creditors collocated for payment, shall be borne by the adjudicatee.177. Day of hearing objections
The Judge shall, upon the petition of the attorney having the carriage of the proceedings, appoint a day for hearing the objection to the provisional scheme of distribution. If such attorney shall have taken no steps to have such objections disposed of within fourteen days of the expiry of the period for making such objection, the attorney of any other interested party may do so. If any party shall produce further titles or documentary evidence, he must do so at least three days before the hearing.Nevertheless, the Judge may, in his discretion, upon good cause shown to his satisfaction, grant postponement for a specified time, for the production of further proof; his decision in that behalf shall be without appeal.178. Appeal
In case of appeal from the decision of the Judge, the creditor collocated last in rank may be made a party thereto in case of need. But no other parties shall be made parties in the appeal, except those whose collocations are contested by the appellant.Any parties whose collocations are not contested upon appeal shall be entitled to immediate deliverance of their bordereaux by the Judge.The appellant shall, in his appeal, set forth his principal grounds of appeal.179. Final closing of ordre after appeal
Forthwith upon final judgment being given upon appeal, the Judge shall definitively close the ordre and he shall deliver warrants for payment to the parties entitled to receive the same. He shall furthermore order the erasure of the inscriptions of all creditors who have not been collocated for payment.All the warrants for payment delivered by the Judge in virtue of any of the foregoing dispositions, shall specify the title in virtue of which the collocation has taken place, with the date, volume and number of the inscription.180. Costs of contested claims
The costs of the litigant creditors, whether before the Judge or upon appeal, shall be paid by the losing party, unless the Judge or the court, as the case may be, shall otherwise order; in no case shall such costs be paid as costs of ordre.Any contesting party who shall have been negligent in producing in due time his titles or documentary evidence may be condemned to payment of costs of the day, even though successful.181. Erasure of inscriptions
Forthwith upon the final closing of the ordre the Judge shall deposit at the office of the Registrar of Deeds an extract of the judgment ordering the erasure of all inscriptions not collocated for payment, and the Registrar upon the receipt of the same shall proceed to the erasure of all such inscriptions.182. Certificate of erasure to be annexed to memorandum
The certificates of erasure shall be annexed to the memorandum of proceedings.183. Mainlevée on payment of warrant
Each creditor collocated for payment, by the mere fact of giving an authentic acquittance for the amount for which he has been collocated, shall be deemed to have given his consent to the erasure of all inscriptions profiting to him in respect of this claim.184. Erasure by Registrar of inscriptions as each claim paid
According as each claim collocated is paid, the Registrar of Deeds, upon production of the warrant for payment and an extract of the authentic acquittance of the creditor, shall ex officio erase the inscriptions to the extent of the amount paid.185. Definitive erasure of ex officio inscription
The ex officio inscription may be reduced, upon the payment of the claim collocated, according to the extent of the amount paid. The ex officio inscription shall be definitively erased upon proof by the adjudicatee that he has paid the whole of his purchase price to the creditors collocated for payment, or to the execution debtor as the case may be.186. Ordre how opened in sales other than by forcible ejectment
When a property has been sold, otherwise than by forcible ejectment, the ordre may be opened at the request either of the most diligent creditor or of the purchaser.Whatever may be the mode of sale, no distribution by way of order shall be necessary whenever there are fewer than four inscribed creditors upon the property.In any such case, the distribution of the price shall take place, under and in virtue of a judgment of the Judge.187. Warrants for payment executory
All warrants for payment issued by the Judge shall be executory without further formality.188. Payment of interest when ordre not closed in six months
In any case of sale by forcible ejectment, when the ordre shall not have been finally closed within six months from the judgment of adjudication, the adjudicatee shall, notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary in the memorandum of charges, be bound, at the end of such six months until the final closing of the ordre, to pay into the hands of the Judge all interest at such periods due by him in respect of the sale price. An in case at any time, the adjudicatee shall be three months in arrear of payment, any inscribed creditor may, upon obtaining a certificate to that effect from the Judge, and after service thereof upon the adjudicatee, together with a mise en demeure to pay the interest in arrear, take proceedings as prescribed in and by Chapter II of Part II for the resale of the property by way of folle enchère.189. Inscription by creditor to preserve rights to debtor
Any creditor may take an inscription to preserve the rights of his debtor. But the amount of the collocation of the debtor shall be distributed rateably amongst all creditors of such debtor who, before the final closure of the ordre, shall either have taken inscriptions as above, or shall have lodged attachments against the amount of such collocation.190. Subrogation in proceedings for non observance of formalities
In case of non observance by the attorney having the carriage of the proceedings of any of the formalities or time limits prescribed in this part, the said attorney shall be deprived of the further carriage of the proceedings, and the Judge shall, upon the ex parte application of any interested party, substitute another attorney in his place, by an order to that effect entered upon the memorandum of proceedings, which order shall be final and irrevocable.The attorney so deprived shall be bound forthwith to hand over to the attorney substituted in his place, upon a simple receipt from the same, all documentary procedure in his possession relative to the said proceedings, and he shall not be entitled to claim payment of his costs until the costs of the ordre shall have become payable, after the final closing thereof.191. Rectification of ordre in case of folle enchère
In case a property be resold by way of folle enchère, pending the proceedings for the distribution by way of ordre of the sale price thereof, or even after the ordre shall have been finally closed and the warrants for payment issued, a fresh ordre shall not be requisite: but the Judge shall rectify the scheme of distribution according to the result of such resale and he shall make the warrants for payment executory against the new adjudicatee.The party applying for the rectification shall give notice of his application to the several creditors collocated at the ordre.192. Distribution of sale price
In case any immovable property be sold by public competition before a Judge, the sale price shall be distributed conformably to law without regard to any previous sale which may have taken place of the same property, and that whether an ordre of the previous sale price has been opened or not.193. No right of folle enchère by unpaid vendor
In case any immovable property be sold by public competition before a Judge, the adjudicatee shall not be troubled by any right of folle enchère resulting from any unpaid sale price of the property, or warrant of collocation upon any anterior sale.The holder of such right shall only retain his right to produce and claim payment at the ordre or distribution of the new purchase price.Of distribution of sale price otherwise than by way of ordre
194. Order to be made fixing date of hearing on application
Whenever the distribution of the price of an immovable property shall take place not by way of an ordre, but under section 186, the party in charge of the proceedings shall apply to a Judge by way of petition to have a day fixed for the hearing of the matter, and the Judge shall enter his order at the foot of the petition.195. Parties to be ordered to file claims
On the day fixed the Judge shall order parties to file their claims with their application for collocation supported by vouchers, within eight days or more if need be.196. Production out of time
It shall be lawful for the Judge so long as he has not closed his provisional scheme of distribution to admit production out of time without notice being given to the other producing parties:Provided that any creditor may make a production out of time within the period of ten days mentioned in section 198 for objecting to the provisional scheme, but in such case he shall be bound to give, at his own cost, notice of such production out of time to the parties having already made production of their claims, and he shall also pay the costs of the action.197. Closing of provisional scheme
All schemes of distribution by attribution of price shall be closed provisionally and notice of the said closing shall be posted up in the court on the same day.198. Objections to provisional scheme
The parties having made production and wishing to object to the provisional scheme, shall be bound within ten days from the said notice, to enter at the foot of such provisional scheme a declaration setting forth summarily the grounds of their objection.If there are no objections filed within the said period, the Judge shall finally close the scheme of distribution.199. Notice of objections
The mere fact of making such declaration at the foot of the provisional scheme shall be sufficient notice to all interested parties. Within three days after the expiry of the period of ten days mentioned in section 198, the attorney in charge of the proceedings shall apply to the Judge for a day to be fixed, on which all the objections shall be heard and adjudicated upon.200. Any interested party may apply for day of hearing of objections to be fixed
In case of neglect on the part of the attoney in charge of the proceedings to make such application any of the interested parties may apply to the Judge for such order. After having adjudicated upon the objections the Judge shall proceed to the final judgment of distribution of the price.The costs of such objections shall be borne by the unsuccessful party, and in no case shall they be considered as part of the costs of distribution.201. Application of section 174
Section 174 shall apply to the distribution of price made in virtue of section 186 and sections 194 to 200.202. Appeals
In case of appeal from the Judge's final judgment no other grounds than those set out in the objections to the provisional scheme shall be entertained by the appellate court unless it be shown to the satisfaction of the court that the facts relied on in the new grounds could not have been known to the appellant before the Judge's final judgment.203. Registrar may draw up provisional scheme of distribution
It shall be lawful for the Registrar of the Supreme Court to draw up and sign any provisional scheme for the distribution of monies required to be made under this Act and to sign all notices announcing that such provisional scheme has been drawn up and signed:Provided that no attribution of price of ordre shall be finally closed except by order of a Judge and no distribution of price shall be finally made until it has been homologated and declared executory by the Judge who alone shall have power to order that warrants for payment do issue and that inscriptions be erased.204. Warrants for payments
All warrants for payment ordered by the Judge to issue may be signed by the Registrar.205. Price of estate sold before the Judge
When any sum of money forming part of the price of an estate sold before a Judge shall be payable on account of the expenses of sequestration of the said estate such sum shall be paid in the presence of the Registrar by the purchaser to the sequestrator or to the person duly authorised by the sequestrator to receive the same, and the receipt of the sequestrator or person aforesaid for the amount shall be filed in the record of the judgment of adjudication of the said estate:Provided that nothing herein contained shall be taken as restrictive of any powers which a Judge may have to order the deposit in a bank or at the Treasury of any part of the sequestration account which may be the subject matter of contestation.Part V
Chapter I
Consequential effects of sales before the Judge
206. Price fixed by sale
From henceforth whenever an immovable property shall be sold by public competition, before a Judge, the final price of adjudication shall, for all intents and purposes, be deemed to be the final and definitive value of the property, and the adjudicatee shall be exonerated and liberated from all privileged and mortgage claims thereon by paying his price conformably to law.207. Legal mortgages
In like manner every such sale shall have the effect of clearing ipso facto the property from all legal mortgages not inscribed prior to the date of the transcription of the title of the adjudicatee:Saving always the right of any creditors by way of legal mortgage who shall not have inscribed their claims, previous to transcription, to claim payment thereof, according to their ranking, at the distribution of the sale price.208. Date of sale
No sale has effect with regard to third parties, except from the date of transcription of the title of the adjudicatee.Chapter II
Appeals from decisions of the Judge
209. Time of appeal
In all cases where a Judge shall have given any decision, or made any order, under or in execution of the provisions of this Act, a party dissatisfied therewith may appeal therefrom.Such appeal shall be by notice with summons to be served upon the opposite party or parties, or their attorneys, if any have been appointed.This notice with summons shall set out the principal grounds of appeal. The procedure to be followed shall be that laid down for appeals in civil causes and matters.210. Setting down appeals for hearing
All such appeals may, at any time of the term, be entered upon the cause list, and shall be heard and determined, with precedence over all other causes for the hearing of which no special day shall have been already appointed.211. Dismissal of appeal. Costs
In case of appeal, if such appeal be dismissed, the appellant shall pay all the costs of appeal.212. Possession of property pending appeal
No appeal shall be against any judgment of adjudication, when unobjected to at the time of the adjudication. The fact of any objection shall be recorded by the Judge, on the day of adjudication, upon the memorandum of the cashier des charges. In the case of appeal, the adjudicatee may take possession, notwithstanding such appeal, and, in such a case, if he is afterwards dispossessed, he shall be entitled to claim and recover, by way of privilege ranking over all other privileges, upon the price of the property, his outlay for the maintenance of the property, and such claim for outlay shall be subject to revision and approval by a Judge.Chapter III
General dispositions
213. Incidental application before the Judge
All applications before a Judge relative or incidental to any of the matters treated of in this Act, in respect of which express provision is not hereinbefore contained, shall be made by petition, in conformity with the provisions hereinbefore contained in sections 53 and 54.214. Nullities
Any nullities enacted by any of the provisions of this Act can only be raised in objection by parties prejudiced thereby.215. Parties in the same interest to be represented by same attorney
In all proceedings under the provisions of this Act several parties having the same interest shall be represented by one and the same attorney. If they cannot agree upon the choice of an attorney, a Judge in chambers shall appoint the attorney representing the greatest number of interested parties, and if the parties represented by several attorneys are equal in number, then the attorney senior in date of nomination shall have charge of the proceedings, unless strong and reasonable grounds be shown against the choice of such attorney.The same attorney may appear for the guardian and sub guardian of any minor, except in any case where the interest of the minor and guardian appear to be in conflict.216. Judgment by consent as to costs
No judgment by consent for the payment of any costs, out of a common fund, the subject matter of distribution, shall be binding upon any parties other than the actual parties to such judgment.217. Newspapers prove themselves
No other proof of the authenticity of the Gazette, or of any newspapers published in Seychelles shall henceforth be necessary, except the signature of a Judge upon the sheets filed in his office, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.218. Petitions to Judge need not be registered
In all sales made before a Judge, and by public competition it shall not be necessary to register any petition addressed to the Judge or any order of the Judge.219. Notaries to insert mainlevée in deeds of acquittance and to erase inscription
Every notary drawing up a deed of acquittance, either in whole or in part, of any privileged or mortgaged claim inscribed in the books of the Registrar of Deeds, shall be bound, under a penalty of one hundred rupees, to be levied by such Registrar, to insert in such deed a clause giving, to the extent of the amount paid, a mainlevée of the inscription, indicating the date, the volume and the number of the inscription. Every notary before whom shall have been executed any deed containing a clause giving mainlevée either in whole or in part of any inscription, shall, under a like penalty, be bound, within twenty days from the date of such deed, to cause the said inscription to be erased in the books of the Registrar of Deeds, in conformity with the terms of the clause of mainlevée.220. Seizure lapsed if no step taken for one year
Any seizure of immovable property made subsequent to the passing of this Act shall be deemed and taken as lapsed, if no step shall have been taken in the proceedings, for one year from the date of the last step in such proceedings.221. Suggestions
Whenever it shall be necessary, in any of the cases enumerated in section 176 of the Seychelles Code of Civil Procedure, or in any other case to enter a suggestion in any record of proceedings under this Act, such suggestion shall be entered, at the request of any interested party, at the foot of the memorandum of charges.The suggestion so entered shall be read and made public at the following public sitting held by a Judge for the prosecution of the sale, and if any objections are made to such suggestion, the Judge shall then and there hear such objections and shall finally decide touching them, and no costs shall be awarded thereupon.222. One notice sufficient for each inscribed creditor
Whenever under any of the provisions of this Act notice is to be served upon inscribed creditors, one notice shall suffice for each such creditor, whatever may be the number of his inscriptions.223. Service of notices on heirs in cases of forcible ejectment
In the case of proceedings by way of forcible ejectment prosecuted against the heirs of the debtor, it shall not be necessary, except in the case of the service of the commandement, to serve the several notices prescribed by law upon all the heirs individually; it shall be sufficient if such notice be served collectively upon the heirs, at the elected or last known domicile of the deceased.224. Manner of publishing notices
Whenever by any law in force relating to judicial sales of immovable property it is required that notices shall be published, such publication shall be made as follows225. Boundaries of property to be sold, description
In all cases where by this Act a notice having reference to the sale of property before a Judge is required to be published in any daily newspapers or in such newspapers and the Gazette, it shall not be necessary to give in the notice published in such daily newspapers and Gazette all the boundaries of the property to be sold and of any plot of land included therein, but it shall be sufficient to give a general description of the whole property with two of the meets and bounds (tenants et aboutissants) or in case of urban property the street and number, if there is one, and to refer to the cahier des charges in which a full description of the property and of any plot of land therein included shall as heretofore be given.226. Proof of publication in newspaper to be filed
Where notices have been published under this Act, either in the Gazette or in any daily newspaper, it shall not be necessary to file in the registry more than the single sheet upon which the notice is printed. The Judge shall certify this sheet to be part of a newspaper or Gazette, giving the name of the paper and its date.227. Notices may be published in English and French
All notices which under this Act are to be published, may be published in French and in English.228. Schedules to form part of this Ordinance
The several forms in the schedules hereunto annexed shall be read and taken as part of this Act, and shall be followed as near as may be in each case respectively.Part VI – Repeal of anterior Laws
229. Repeal of parts of the French Code of Civil Procedure
The following articles of the French Code of Civil Procedure are hereby repealed, vizof Part I. Book VArticles 673 to 717 both inclusive being Title XII. (De la Saisie Immobilière.)Articles 718 to 748 both inclusive being Title XIII. (Des incidents sur la poursuite de la Saisie Immobilière.)Article 749 to 779 both inclusive being Title XIV. (De l'Ordre.)Of Part II. Book IArticles 832 to 838 both inclusive being Title IV. (De la Surenchère sur aliénation volontaire).Of Part II. Book IIArticles 953 to 965 both inclusive being Title VI. (De la vente des biens immeubles appartenant à des mineurs.)Articles 969 to 975 both inclusive being Title VII. (Des partages et licitations.)Articles 987 and 988 of Title VIII. (Du bénéfice d'inventaire) andArticle 997 being Title IX. (De la renonciation à la communauté ou à la succession.)230. Repeal of certain articles of the Civil Code
Articles 2183 to 2192 both inclusive, of Chapter VIII, Title XVIII of the Civil Code of Seychelles, are hereby repealed.231. General repeal
The provisions of all Arretétes, rules and orders of courts, Acts and laws which are, in any way, contrary to the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.History of this document
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