Attachment of property in custody of public officer. H. K. Code, s. 82 (8).
Attachment of property in custodia legis. [ib.]
Effect of service of writ on garnishee as regards movable property. [ib. s. 82 (11).]
Execution of writ against immovable property. [ib. s. 82 (9).] No. 1 of 1844.
Effect of registration of memorial of writ on immovable property. [ib. s. 82 (10).] No. 3 of 1901.
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(2) No such writ shall take priority over a writ of execution in an action pending at the date of such writ of foreign attachment.
(3) The bailiff shall indorse on every such writ the date and time of the same coming to his hands for execution.
459. Property in the custody or under the control of any public officer in his official capacity shall be liable to attachment with the consent in writing of the Attorney General, and in such case the writ shall be served on such public officer.
460. Property in custodia legis shall be liable to attachment by leave of the Court, and in such case the writ shall be served on the Registrar.
461. From the time of the service on the garnishee of the writ, all property whatsoever within the jurisdiction, other than immovable property or any interest therein, to which the defendant mentioned in the writ is then beneficially entitled, whether solely or jointly with others, and which is in the custody or under the control of the garnishee, and all debts then due or accruing from the garnishee to the defendant, shall, to the extent of the defendant's interest therein, and subject to Crown debts, and to any bona fide prior title thereto or lien or charge thereon, and to the rights and powers of prior incumbrancers, be attached in the hands of the garnishee to satisfy the claim of the plaintiff.
462. (1) Where the defendant is beneficially entitled to immovable property or to any interest therein, a memorial containing a copy of the writ shall be registered in the Land Office under the Land Registration Ordinance, 1844.
(2) In case the writ is dissolved or the judgment in the action is satisfied, a certificate to that effect, under the hand of the Registrar and the seal of the Court, may be registered in the Land Office, and thereupon the memorial shall be deemed to have been cancelled.
[sub-sec. 3, rep. No. 36 of 1902.]
463. From the time of the registration in the Land Office of the memorial of the writ, all immovable property within the jurisdiction, or any interest therein, to which the defendant mentioned in the writ is then beneficially entitled, whether solely or jointly with others, shall, to the extent of his interest therein, and subject to Crown debts, and to any bona fide prior title thereto or lien or charge thereon, be attached.