Tender of amends

A public authority may, within one month after such notice as mentioned in section 3 (1) of this Act, tender amends to the party complaining or his agent, and plead such tender in bar to any action, together with other pleas, and if the court or jury finds the amends sufficient, it or they shall give a verdict for the defendant, and in such case, or in case the plaintiff becomes non-suited or discontinues his action, or judgment is given for the defendant on the ground that the plaintiff’s statement of claim discloses no reasonable cause of action, then the defendant shall be entitled to the like costs as he would have been entitled to in case he had pleaded the general issue only, Provided that such defendant may by leave of the court, at any time before issue joined, pay money into court as in other