DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU ACT, 2022

Section 28: Commencement of suit on action and service of notice.

2022Section 28 of 31Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A suit shall not be commenced against the Bureau, before the expiration of a period of one month, after written notice of intention to commence the suit have been served upon the Bureau by the intending plaintiff or his agent, and the notice shall clearly state the -
(a) cause of action;
(b) particulars of the claim;
(c) name and place of abode of the intending plaintiff; and
(d) relief being claimed.
(2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) and any summons, notice or other document required or authorised to be served upon the Bureau under this Act or any other enactment or law, may be served by -
(a) delivering it to the Director-General; or
(b) sending it by registered post to the registered address of the Bureau.
(3) In any action against the Bureau, no execution shall be levied or attachment process issued against the Bureau unless not less than 30 days' notice of the intention to execute or attach has been given to the Bureau.
(4) A member of the Council, Principal Officer or an employee of the Bureau shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Bureau against any proceedings brought against him in his capacity as a member of the Council, Principal Officer or employee of the Bureau where the act complained of is not ultra vires his powers.
(5) Where the judgment is awarded against the Bureau, it may be paid from the general reserve of the Bureau.

Cite this section

Section 28, DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU ACT, 2022 (2022).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/defence-research-and-development-bureau-act-2022/section/28/