PROTECTION FOR DEBTORS
Legal Proceedings Restricted SAFEGUARD FOR SOLDIER^ Emergency Regulation Announced (F&BSS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) "WELLINGTON, September 22. Explaining the Courts Emergency Powers Regulations (1939) which are published in the Gazette to-day, the Attorney-General (the Hon. H. G. R. Mason) said that the regulations were for the protection of all debtors. Briefly, the regulations prevented any form of execution against a debtor unless leave of the Court was first obtained, and the protection related to contracts entered into before the passing of the regulations, and in the case of soldiers it was extended to contracts entered into before they were called up. The regulations did not interfere with judgments for' recovery of damages for tort, orders under the Destitute Persons Act, or orders made in criminal proceedings, or in proceedings for the recovery of a penalty for failure to comply with the provisions of an act. ■ The regulations required that any person must apply for and receive permission of the Court before he could proceed under the five headings set out in the regulations. Several matters were also enumerated in the regulations to which regulations did not apply.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22823, 23 September 1939, Page 12
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188PROTECTION FOR DEBTORS Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22823, 23 September 1939, Page 12
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