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FEDERAL MAGISTRATES ACT 1999 - SECT 77

Interest on judgment
(1)
This section does not apply to family law or child support proceedings.

Note: See section 117B of the Family Law Act 1975 in relation to family law or child support proceedings.

(2)
A judgment debt under a judgment of the Federal Magistrates Court carries interest from the date as of which the judgment is entered.

(3)
Interest is payable:

(a)
at such rate as is fixed by the Rules of Court; or

(b)
if the Federal Magistrates Court, in a particular case, thinks that justice so requires—at such lower rate as the Federal Magistrates Court determines.



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