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Magistrates' Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984

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J. OTHER PROVISIONS AS TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS IN DEBT OR EJECTMENT PROCEEDINGS

Duration of committal orders

135.  A committal order under Article 107 of the Judgments (Enforcement) (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 shall remain in force for one year and no longer.

Duplicate orders

136.—(1) Where a formal order has been lost or destroyed, or has improperly got into the hands of the person against whom the order was made or his agent, an application may be made to the court for the issue of a duplicate of such order, and the court may order that a duplicate be issued.

(2) Particulars of any such application and a minute of any order made thereon shall be entered in the appropriate Process Register.

(3) No costs of the application shall be awarded to any applicant for a duplicate order except in a case where it is proved to the court that the loss or destruction was caused by the other party or his agent, or where it is proved that the order is improperly in the possession of the other party or his agent.

(4) Any duplicate order issued under this Rule shall bear the word “Duplicate” in large letters on its face and shall have the same effect as the original order.

(5) Where costs are awarded under paragraph (3) the court may issue a decree for the recovery thereof.

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