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State Liabilities Act (Chapter 8-14)
State Liabilities Act (Chapter 8-14)
CHAPTER 8:14
AN ACT to impose liabilities upon the State in respect of acts of its employees.
[Date of commencement: 13th May, 1932.]
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the State Liabilities Act [Chapter 8:14].
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be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund such sum of money as may, by a judgment or
order of the court, be awarded to the plaintiff, the applicant or the petitioner, as the case may be.
(3) Where any money is payable by the State to a judgment debtor and the judgment
creditor would, if the money so payable were money payable by a private person, be entitled to
obtain from any court an order, known as a garnishee order, for the attachment of the money,
such court may, subject to any other enactment and in accordance with any rules of court, make
a garnishee order restraining the judgment debtor from receiving the money and directing
payment thereof to the judgment creditor or any other person specified in the order.
7 Exemptions
Section six shall not apply to—
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(a) a claim in which the debt concerned has been admitted to the claimant, expressly and
in writing; or
(b) a counter-claim; or
(c) a claim which the court or a judge or magistrate, on application, has determined to be
urgent; or
(d) a claim in respect of which the defendant has waived, expressly and in writing, the
notice required by section six.