Judgments (Enforcement) Rules

Table of Contents

Rules of Court
under section 94

PART I – Preliminary

Short title
These Rules may be cited as the Judgments (Enforcement) Rules.
Interpretation
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires-
“the Act” means the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act;
“bailiff’, except in relation to salary and other emoluments, includes a police officer
acting under section 15 of the Act;
“execute”, “executed”, “execution”, respectively include “serve”, “served”,
“service”;
“foreign court” means court to which process has been sent from another court for
execution;
“form” means a form 111 the First Schedule to the Act or added thereto by these
Rules;
“High Court” includes court of a judicial division of the High Court;

“home court” means court from which process has been sent to another court for
execution;
“immovable property” includes any right, title, or interest in immovable property;
“judgment” includes order on ajudgment summons;
“land” includes buildings;

“officer” includes registrar and sheriff, but does not include bailiff;
“proceeding” includes civil proceeding, and criminal proceeding in which a judgment has been given for the payment of a sum of money recoverable by distress;

“process” includes writ of interim attachment, warrant to arrest an absconding defendant, warrant to arrest a ship, and judgment summons;
“registrar” includes registrar of the High Court and registrar of a magistrate’s court.