Application to the Crown of certain statutory provisions

(1) This Act shall not prejudice the right of the Crown to take advantage of the provisions of an Act although not named therein, and it is hereby declared that in any civil proceedings against the Crown, the provisions of any Act which could, if the proceedings were between subjects, be relied upon by the defendant as a defence to the proceedings, whether in whole or in part, or otherwise, may, subject to any express provision to the contrary, be so relied upon by the Crown. CAP. 168. (2) Section 5 of the Debtors Act (which empowers the court in certain circumstances to order the arrest of a defendant about to quit Belize) shall, with any necessary modifications, apply to civil proceedings in the Supreme Court by the Crown.