39.Any person having a claim that could be the basis of an application to the Fonds who cannot ascertain the identity of the driver or owner of the automobile that caused the accident may give the Fonds a detailed notice thereof.
Failing settlement within sixty days, such person may take action against the Fonds and the Fonds must satisfy the judgment to the same extent as if it had been rendered against the author of the accident.
R. S. 1964, c. 232, s. 43.
Section 39 of this act remains in force, but only for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 201 of the Automobile Insurance Act (chapter A-25). (1977, c. 68, s. 203).