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\par 1. Short Title and division into Parts
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\par 2. Effect of death on certain causes of action
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\par LIABILITY OF TORTFEASORS
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\par 3. Proceedings against, and contribution between, joint and several tortfeasors
\par 4. Repeal
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\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid11608113 , No. 16
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 4 December 1968
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 on assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637 
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 may be cited as the Law Reform Act 1968.
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\par (2) This Act is divided into Parts, as follows:
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 damage (if any) to the estate }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 of that person as flows from the breach of promise to marry}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4877206 ;}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
\par }\pard \ql \fi-288\li288\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin288\itap0\pararsid6039637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11760567 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid11760567 (c)}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567 Where the de}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 ath of that person has been caused by the act or omission }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid11760567 which }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
gives rise to the cause of action, shall be calculated without reference to any loss or gain to his estate consequent on his death, except that a sum in respect of funeral expenses may be included.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637 

\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11760567 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567\charrsid6039637 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6039637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567\charrsid7953671 (3) N}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid7953671 
o proceedings shall be maintainable in respect }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567\charrsid7953671 of a cause of a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid7953671 ction in tort which by virtue of this Part of }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567\charrsid7953671 this Act has su}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid7953671 rvived against the estate of a deceased person,}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5993903\charrsid7953671  unless either}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15275650  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5993903\charrsid7953671 -}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid7953671 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567\charrsid7953671 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11760567 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567\charrsid7953671 (a) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid7953671 
Proceedings against him in respect of that cause of action were pending at the date of his death; or
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11760567 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567\charrsid7953671 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11760567 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567\charrsid7953671 (b) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid7953671 
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an two years before his death and proceedings are taken in respect thereof not later than twelve months after his personal representative took out representation:
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11760567 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 Provided that no such proceedings shall b}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567 e}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637  maintainable unless notice in writing giving reasonable information of the circumstances upon }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid11760567 which }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 the proceedings will be based and
 the name and address of the prospective plaintiff and of his solicitor or agent (if any) in the matter is given by the prospective plaintiff to the personal representative of the deceased person as soon as practicable after the personal representative to
ok out representation.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6039637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
(4) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (3) of this section, application may be made to the Court, after notice to the personal representative, for leave to bring the proceeding at any time 
before the expiration of six years after the date when the cause of action arose, whether or not notice has been given to the personal representative under subsection (3) of this section; and the Court may, if it thinks it is just to do so grant leave acc
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 as it thinks it is just to impose, where it considers that the failure to give the notice or the delay in bringing the proceedings, as the case may be, was occasioned by mistake or by any other reasonable cause 
or that the personal representative was not materially prejudiced in}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
his defence or otherwise by the failure or delay. No distribution of any part of the estate of the deceased made before the date of the giving of the notice shall be disturbed by reason of the application or of an order made thereon.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11760567 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 (5) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567 Wh}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 ere damage }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567 h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 as been suffered by reason of any act or omission in respect of which }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid11760567 a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
cause of action would have subsisted against any, person if that person had not died before or at the same time as the
 damage was suffered, there shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Part of this Act, to have been subsisting against him before his death such cause of action in respect of that act or omission as would have subsisted if he had died after the damage wa
s suffered.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
(6) The rights conferred by this Part of this Act for the benefit of estates of deceased persons shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any rights conferred by the Deaths by Accidents Compensation Act }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid11760567 1952 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6257065 of the Parliament of New}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637  Zealand, and so much of this}{
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 causes of action against the estates of deceased persons shall apply in relation to causes of action under that Act.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567\charrsid6039637 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6039637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 (7) In the event of the insolvency of an estate }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567 
again}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 st which proceedings are maintainable by virt}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567 ue}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
 of this }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567 sec}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 tion, any liability in respect of the cause of action in }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567 resp}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 ect of which the proceedings are maintai}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567 nable}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
 shall be deemed to be a debt provable in the administration of the estate notwithstanding that it is a demand in the nature of unliquidated damages arising otherwise than by a contract, promise, or breach of trust.
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4877206 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid11760567 PART II}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8997385 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11760567 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid11760567 LIABILITY OF TORTFEASORS
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6039637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11760567 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11760567\charrsid11760567 3. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid462982 Proce}{
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 Where damage is suffered by any person as a result of a tort (whether a crime or not) -
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6754437 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 (a)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 Judgment recovered against any tortfeasor liable in respect of that damage shall not be a bar to an action against any}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6754437  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 other person who would, if sued, have been liable as a joint tortfeaso}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11801875 r in respect of the same damage}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4877206 ;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6754437 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10043919 (b) If more th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
an one action is brought in respect of that damage by or on behalf of the person by whom it was suffered,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6754437  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
or for the benefit of the estate, or of the wife, husband, parent}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6754437 ,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637  or child
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 way of damages shall not in the aggregate exceed the amount of the damages 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637  unless the Court is of opinion that there was reasonable ground for bringing the act}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4877206 ion;}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6039637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6754437 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6754437 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 (c) Any tortfeasor liable in respect of that damage may recover contribution from}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6754437  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
any other tortfeasor who is, or would if sued in time have been, liable in respect of the same damage, whether as a joint tortfeasor or otherwise, so, however, that no person
 shall be entitled to recover contribution under this section from any person entitled to be indemnified by him in respect of the, liability in respect of which the contribution i}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6754437 s}{
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6039637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6754437 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 (2) A tortfeasor may}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6754437  }{
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hip had never existed.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637 
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 be brought under the Deaths by }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 Accidents Compensation Act }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid8997385 1952 }{
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uffering the damage, but the damages recoverable in respect thereof shall be reduced to such extent as the Court thinks just and equitable having regard to the claimant's share in the responsibility for the damage:}{
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Where any contract or enactment providing for the limitation of liability is applicable to the claim, the amount of damages recoverable by the claimant by virtue of this subsection shall not exceed the maximum limit so applicable.}{
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record the total damages which would have been recoverable if the claimant had not been at fault.
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may be taken, he shall not be entitled to recover }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5991393 any damages }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 or cont}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5991393 r}{
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6039637 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid11358344 8. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid11358344 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13266224\charrsid11358344 is brought to recover damages}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid11358344 
 independently of that Ordinance in respect of an injury or disease giving rise to a claim for compensation under that Ordinance, and it is}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15795174  determined in that action that}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15275650  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10823888\charrsid11358344 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid11358344 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10823888\charrsid11358344 
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Damages are recoverable independently of that Ordinance }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10823888 subject to such reduction as is }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
mentioned in subsection (1) of section 7 of this Act;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 and}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10823888 
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(b) The employer would have been liable to pay compensation under The Cook Islands Workers' Compensation Ordinance }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16143796 1964,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15275650  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15146103 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10823888 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid10823888 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 ection 23 of The Cook Islands Workers' Compensation Ordinance }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid10823888 1964 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 
(which enables the Court, on the dismissal of an action to recover damages independently of that Ordinance, to assess compensation under that Ordinance) shall apply in all respects}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10823888  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 as if the action had been dismissed, and, if the claimant chooses to have compensation assessed in accordance with the said section 23, no damages sha}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14292796 ll be recoverable in the action.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10823888 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 (2) Where a worker or his personal representative or dependant has recovered compensation under The Cook Islands Workers' Compensation Ordinance }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid10823888 1964 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 in respect of an injury}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12207922  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 caused under circumstances which would give a right to recover reduced damages in respect thereof by virtue of section }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid10823888 7 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 of this Act from some person other than the employer (hereinafter refe
rred to as the third party), any right conferred by section 29 of the Cook Islands Workers' Compensation Ordinance }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid10823888 1964 }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid6039637 on the person by whom the compensation was paid to be indemnified by the third party shall be limited to a right to be indemnified in re
spect of such part only of the sum paid or payable by the said person as bears to the total sum so paid or payable the same proportion as the said reduced damages bear to the total damages which would have been recoverable if the worker had not been at fa
ult.
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10823888 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6039637\charrsid10823888 ACT TO BIND CROWN
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