Civil Procedure Act 2005 No 28
Current version for 28 February 2013 to date (accessed 22 May 2013 at 21:25)

117   Operation of garnishee order in relation to debts

(cf Act No 9 1973, section 97)

(1)  Subject to the uniform rules, a garnishee order operates to attach, to the extent of the amount outstanding under the judgment, all debts that are due or accruing from the garnishee to the judgment debtor at the time of service of the order.
(2)  For the purposes of this Division, any amount standing to the credit of the judgment debtor in a financial institution is taken to be a debt owed to the judgment debtor by that institution.
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