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THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901

FORM No. 30.

Writ of Execution of Judgment for Money by Attachment of Property.

Action No.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG,

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

Between A. B., Plaintiff,

and

C. D., Defendant.

Edward the Seventh, by the Grace of God, &c.

To the Bailiff of Our said Court, Greeting:

day of , 19 ,

Whereas the defendant C. D. has failed to satisfy a judgment for money given against him in this action on the favour of the plaintiff A. B. for the sum of $ together with interest at the rate of $ per centum per annum from the date of the said judgment, and also for taxed costs to the amount of $; and whereas the said plaintiff is desirous of enforcing the said judgment by the attachment of the said defendant's property, and has applied for the proper writ of execution in that behalf: Now, therefore, We command you that you do forthwith attach all the property, movable and immovable, of the said defendant within the Colony, or such part thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy the said judgment and the expenses of the execution thereof, by actual seizure, or by the service of prohibitory orders, according to the nature of the said property; and We further command you that, as to so much of the said property attached under this writ by actual seizure as shall consist of money or negotiable instruments, you do pay and deposit the same respectively into Court; and that, as to such part thereof attached as aforesaid as shall not consist of money or negotiable instruments, you do keep the same in your custody until the further order of the Court or until the sale thereof in satisfaction of the said judgment; and We further command you that, in case you shall not be able to find sufficient property of the said defendant, or the said defendant shall fail to point out to you any property whereon to levy, you do forthwith arrest the said defendant and deliver him into the custody of the Superintendent of Victoria Gaol to be imprisoned therein as a prisoner for debt for the period of , unless he shall be sooner discharged from the said imprisonment in due course of law.

And the Court has fixed subsistence allowance at the rate of twenty-five cents a day.

Witness the Honourable Chief Justice of Our said Court, the day of , 19 .

(Signed.)

Registrar

NOTE.--This writ is to be returned into the Registry immediately after the execution thereof, with a memorandum indorsed thereon of the date and mode of execution.

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