Victorian Consolidated Legislation

County Court Act 1958 - SECT 49A

Attachment of earnings

49A. Attachment of earnings







(1) Subject to and in accordance with the Rules, the court may make orders for
the attachment of the salary wages or pension of any person.



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(3) Any person who dismisses an employé or injures him in his employment or
alters his position to his prejudice by reason of the circumstances that an
attachment order has been made in relation to the earnings of that employé or
that the employé is required to make payments under such an order may be dealt
with in the manner authorized by section 53 for compelling obedience to or
punishing disobedience of any judgment or order.