IMPRISONMENT OF FRAUDULENT DEBTORS ACT 1958 - SECT 14 Imprisonment for debt abolished in county court

IMPRISONMENT OF FRAUDULENT DEBTORS ACT 1958 - SECT 14

It shall not be lawful for the registrar or a deputy registrar of the county court to issue a warrant of commitment upon a return made to any warrant of execution that the bailiff or officer could find no sufficient property of the person against whom such warrant has issued liable to satisfy such execution; and no person shall be arrested or imprisoned in execution upon or in satisfaction of any judgment or order recovered or obtained in the county court, save in the special cases where such court is empowered by law to make an order for commitment, and in no such case shall any person be committed for a longer period than four months.

No. 3700 s. 15.

S. 15 amended by Nos 19/1989 s. 16(Sch. item 27.2), 6/2018 s. 68(Sch.  2 item 68.1).