Section 13
Procedure on hearing.
The Waste-Lands (Claims) Act, 1863
About this Act
WHEREAS it is expedient to make special provision for the speedy adjudication of claims which may be preferred to waste lands proposed to be sold, or otherwise dealt with, on account of Government, and of objections taken to the sale or other disposition of such lands ; It is enacted as follows.
On the day fixed for the hearing of the suit, or as soon after as may be
practicable, the Court shall proceed to examine the claimant of the waste land, or the objector, or his
agent (when his personal attendance is not required), and the witnesses of the parties; and upon such
examination, and after inspecting the documents of the parties, and making any further enquiry that may
appear necessary, shall proceed to pass such order in the case as it may consider just and proper.