Section 58 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act
Section 58 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Order to bring judgment debtor before court. It provides as follows:
Where it appears to the court that there is probable cause to believe the judgment debtor, for the purpose of avoiding examination, is about to leave the division or district in which he normally resides or carries on business, or where he does not appear in obedience to such summons, the court may in its discretion order that the judgment debtor be brought before the court and may issue a warrant for his arrest and for his custody in the debtors’ prison until the day appointed for such examination when he shall be brought before the court under the said warrant, unless sooner discharged by order of the court
and if he is in custody, the court may issue an order to the officer in charge of the prison in which he is detained to bring him before the court.
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