59Procedure and powers of the Court

59 Procedure and powers of the Court

(1)  [Section 59 Subsection (1) amended by No. 31 of 2019, s. 19, Applied:01 Jan 2020] Except where expressly provided in this Act, the provisions of the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 and the relevant Supreme Court Rules apply to proceedings brought before the Court under this Act.

(2)  In proceedings brought before the Court under this Act, the Court may hear and determine the matter to which the proceedings relate.

(3)  *[Section 59 Subsection (3) amended by No. 68 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*In proceedings brought before the Court on the application of an acquiring authority under section 65 (3) , the Court may order that any purchase-money or compensation is to be applied in any one or more of the following ways:

(a) in the discharge of a debt or encumbrance affecting the subject land or affecting other land settled with it on or for the same or like uses, trusts and purposes;

(b) in the purchase of other land or authorized securities to be conveyed or settled on or towards the like uses, trusts and purposes as the subject land;

(c) in removing or replacing any buildings or substituting others in their stead as the Court directs;

(d) in payment to a person absolutely entitled to the purchase-money or compensation or to such other person, and on such conditions, as the Court directs;

(e) in such other manner as the Court directs.

(4)  Subject to section 62 , a determination made under this section is final and binding on all persons to whom it relates.