(1) No
suit shall be instituted against a Municipality or against the
Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, member, officer or servant of
Municipality or against any person acting under the direction of
any of them in respect of an act done or purporting to have been
done in its or his official capacity, until the expiration of two
months next after notice thereof in writing has been, in the case of
a Municipality, left at its office and, in the case of the
Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, member, officer, servant or
person delivered to him or left at his office or place or abode
explicitly stating the cause of action, the nature of the relief
sought, the amount of compensation claimed and the name and
place of abode of the intending plaintiff, and the plaint shall
contain a statement that such notice has been so delivered or left.
(2) No action such as is described in sub-section (1) shall,
unless it is an action for the recovery of immovable property or for
a declaration of title thereto, be commenced otherwise than within
six months next after the accrual of the causes of action.
(3) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be construed to apply
to a suit wherein the only relief claimed is an injunction of which
the object would be defeated by giving of the notice or the
postponement of the commencement of the suit or proceeding.
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