Section 22
Parties to proceedings by and against a State Government
of Government Proceedings Act 1956
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Section 22
(1)
Civil proceedings by or against the Government of a State shall be instituted by or against the Government of such State.
(2)
Where any civil proceedings against the Government of a
State are instituted, an application may at any stage of the proceedings be made to the court by or on behalf of the Legal Adviser of such
State, or, in the case of the States of Sabah and Sarawak, the State
Attorney General to have the Federal Government or the Government of such other State as may be specified in the application substituted for or joined with the Government of such State as defendant to the proceedings.
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