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ORDER 48
EXAMINATION OF
JUDGMENT DEBTOR, ETC
JUDGMENT DEBTOR, ETC
1.
—(1) Where a person has obtained a judgment or order for the payment by some other person (referred to in this Order as the judgment debtor) of money, the Court may, on an application made by ex parte summons supported by affidavit in Form 99 by the person entitled to enforce the judgment or order, order the judgment debtor, or, if the judgment debtor is a body corporate, an officer thereof, to attend before the Registrar, and be orally examined on whatever property the judgment debtor has and wheresoever situated, and the Court may also order the judgment debtor or officer to produce any books or documents in the possession of the judgment debtor relevant to the questions aforesaid at the time and place appointed for the examination.
(2) An order under this Rule must be in Form 100 and must be served personally on the judgment debtor and on any officer of a body corporate ordered to attend for examination.
(3) Any difficulty arising in the course of an examination under this Rule before the Registrar, including any dispute with respect to the obligation of the person being examined to answer any question put to him, may be referred to the Court and the Court may determine it or give such directions for determining it as it thinks fit.
2. Where any difficulty arises in or in connection with the enforcement of any judgment or order, other than such a judgment or order as is mentioned in Rule 1, the Court may make an order under that Rule for the attendance of the party liable to satisfy the judgment or order and for his examination on such questions as may be specified in the order, and that Rule shall apply accordingly with the necessary modifications.
3. The Registrar conducting the examination shall cause to be recorded under Order 38A, Rule 1(1), the statement made by the judgment debtor or other person at the examination.