s.18Attachment of money payable by the Crown
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Section 18Part 4Judgments and Execution

Attachment of money payable by the Crown

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Where any money is payable by the Crown to some person who, under any order of any Court, is liable to pay any money to any other person, and that other person would, if the money so payable by the Crown were money payable by a subject, be entitled under rules of court to obtain an order for the attachment thereof as a debt due or accruing due, or an order for the appointment of a sequestrator or receiver to receive the money on that person's behalf, the Court may, subject to this Act, make an order restraining the first-mentioned person from receiving that money and directing payment thereof to that other person, or to the sequestrator or receiver, provided that no such order shall be made in respect of —
any wages or salary payable to any officer of the Crown as such; or
any money which is subject to any enactment prohibiting or restricting assignment or charging or taking in execution.

Defined Terms

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