Section 20 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act

Section 20 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Execution of judgments or orders for sum of money. It provides as follows:

(1) Any sum of money payable under a judgment of a court may be recovered, in
case of default or failure of payment thereof forthwith or at the time or times and in the manner thereby directed, by execution against the goods and chattels and the immovable property of the judgment debtor in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
[First Schedule. Forms 3, 4,5 and 6.]

(2) The registrar on the application of the judgment creditor shall cause to be issued a writ of attachment and sale whereby the sheriff shall be empowered to levy or cause to be levied by distress and sale of goods and chattels, wherever they may be found within the division or district of the court, the money payable under the judgment and the costs of the execution.

(3) The precise time of the making of an application to the registrar for the issue of a writ shall be entered by him in the book prescribed for the purpose and on the writ, and when more than one such writ is issued they shall be executed in the order of the times so entered.

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