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IMPRISONMENT OF FRAUDULENT DEBTORS ACT 1958
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
1. Short title and commencement
2. Repeal
2A. Definitions
PART I--ON JUDGMENT OF SUPREME COURT
3. Imprisonment upon writ of capias ad satisfaciendum abolished
4. Debtor may be summoned
5. Debtor may be examined and imprisoned
6. Examination may be had on the original hearing
7. Form of warrant of commitment
8. Order may be ex parte
9. Judgment debtor may appeal to Court of Appeal
10. Prisoner to be discharged on payment of debt and costs
11. Examination to be taken down in writing
12. Examination to be a judicial proceeding
13. Effect of this Part of this Act
PART II--ON JUDGMENT OF COUNTY COURT
14. Imprisonment for debt abolished in county court
15. Judgment debtor may be summoned
16. Judgment debtor may be examined and imprisoned
17. Examination may be had on the original hearing
18. Form of warrant of commitment
19. Order may be ex parte
20. Prisoner to be discharged on payment of debt and costs
21. Examination to be a judicial proceeding
PART III--ON ORDER OF MAGISTRATES' COURT
22. Defendants in civil cases not to be imprisoned except under certain circumstances
23. Warrant in default of compliance
24. Ex parte order of commitment
25. Debtor, how discharged
26. Non-application of Magistrates' Court Act
27. Examination to be a judicial proceeding
28. Imprisonment for fraud no satisfaction of debt
28A. Appeal to County Court
PART IV--GENERAL
29. Judgment need not necessarily be served before fraud summons under Parts 1, 2 and 3
FIRST SCHEDULE
SECOND SCHEDULE
THIRD SCHEDULE
FOURTH SCHEDULE
ENDNOTES
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