Application to the State

(1) Except as is in this Act otherwise expressly provided and without prejudice to the provisions of section 37 of this Act, shall apply to proceedings by or against the State in like manner as it applies to proceedings between subjects, Provided that this Act shall not apply to any proceedings by the State for the recovery of any tax or duty or interest thereon or to any forfeiture proceedings under the Customs Regulation Act, Cap. 49 or the Acts relating to duties of excise or to any proceedings in respect of the forfeiture of a ship. (2) Nothing in this Act shall affect the prerogative right of Government, in right of the State, to any gold or silver mine. 27