29ACourt may grant leave to proceed

##### 29A. Court may grant leave to proceed Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7(2) and (3), section 8(5), and section 29(1), where the court in which an action is brought, or (as the case may be) is sought to be brought, to recover damages against an insured person or the Commission in respect of the death of, or bodily injury to, any person, directly caused by, or by the driving of, an insured or an uninsured motor vehicle, considers the failure to give notice, or the defect in any notice, or the failure to make due search and inquiry, as required by one or other of those subsections, was occasioned by mistake, inadvertence or any other reasonable cause or that the Commission is not materially prejudiced in its defence or otherwise by the failure or defect, the court may — (a) where the action is commenced, at any stage of the proceedings, if it thinks fit, relieve the plaintiff of the effect of that failure or defect; or (b) where an action is sought to be brought, if it thinks fit, grant the applicant leave to proceed, notwithstanding that failure or defect. [Section 29A inserted: No. 72 of 1962 s. 10; amended: No. 95 of 1966 s. 19; No. 51 of 1986 s. 46(2); No. 107 of 1987 s. 14; No. 13 of 1994 s. 11; No. 28 of 2003 s. 122(4).]