COLLECTION OF DEBT
PROTECTION PROVIDED (By Telegraoh.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Friday Explaining the -Courts Emergency -Powers Regulations, 1939, published in the Gazette today, the AttorneyGeneral, the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, said the regulations were for the protection of all debtors. Brie 11 y, they prevented any form of execution against a debtor unless leave of the Court was first obtained. Protection related to contracts entered into before the passing of regulations, and in the case of soldiers it 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 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 the permission of the Court before lie could proceed under five headings set out in the regulations. A number of matters was also enumerated to which the regulations did nut apply.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20917, 23 September 1939, Page 9
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