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F2S. 11 repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1956 (c. 46), Sch. 2
By virtue of any writ of fieri facias to be sued out of any superior or inferior court, or any precept in pursuance thereof, the [F3high sheriff] or other officer having the execution thereof may and shall seize and take any money or bank notes, (whether of the Bank of England, or of any other bank or bankers) and any cheques, bills of exchange, promissory notes, bonds, specialties, or other securities for money, belonging to the person against whose effects such writ of fieri facias shall be sued out; and may and shall pay or deliver to the party suing out such execution any money or bank notes which shall be so seized, or a sufficient part thereof; and may and shall hold any such cheques, bills of exchange, promissory notes, bonds, specialties, or other securities for money as a security or securities for the amount by such writ of fieri facias directed to be levied, or so much thereof as shall not have been otherwise levied and raised; and may sue in the name of such [F3high sheriff] or other officer for the recovery of the sum or sums secured thereby, if and when the time of payment thereof shall have arrived; and the payment to such [F3high sheriff] or other officer by the party liable on any such cheque, bill of exchange, promissory note, bond, specialty, or other security, with or without suit, or the recovery and levying execution against the party so liable, shall discharge him to the extent of such payment, or of such recovery and levy in execution, as the case may be, from his liability on any such cheque, bill of exchange, promissory note, bond, speciality, or other security; and such [F3high sheriff] or other officer may and shall pay over to the party suing out such writ the money so to be recovered, or such part thereof as shall be sufficient to discharge the amount by such writ directed to be levied; and if, after satisfaction of the amount so to be levied, together with sheriff’s poundage and expences, any surplus shall remain in the hands of such [F3high sheriff] or other officer, the same shall be paid to the party against whom such writ shall be so issued; provided that no such [F3high sheriff] or other officer shall be bound to sue any party liable upon any such cheque, bill of exchange, promissory note, bond, specialty, or other security, unless the party suing out such execution shall enter into a bond, with two sufficient sureties, for indemnifying him from all costs and expences to be incurred in the prosecution of such action, or to which he may become liable in consequence thereof, the expence of such bond to be deducted out of any money to be recovered in such action.
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F3Words substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 219(1)
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F4S. 13 repealed by Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20), Sch. 7
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F5Ss. 14, 15 repealed by S.I. 1965/1776, Sch. 2
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F6S. 16 repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1874 (c. 96)
[F7(1)] Every judgment debt shall carry interest at the rate of [F88] pounds per centum per annum from [F9such time as shall be prescribed by rules of court] . . . F10 until the same shall be satisfied, and such interest may be levied under a writ of execution on such judgment.
F11[(2)Rules of court may provide for the court to disallow all or part of any interest otherwise payable under subsection (1).]
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F7S. 17 renumbered as s. 17(1) (26.4.1999) by S.I. 1998/2940, art. 3(a); S.I. 1998/3132
F8Word substituted (1.4.1993) in relation to any judgment entered up after 1.4.1993 by virtue of S.I. 1993/564, arts. 1, 2.
F9Words in s. 17(1) substituted (26.4.1999) by S.I. 1998/2940, art. 3(b); S.I. 1998/3132
F10Words repealed by Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879 (c. 59), Sch. Pt. I
F11S. 17(2) inserted (26.4.1999) by S.I. 1998/2940, art. 3(c); S.I. 1998/3132
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 17 applied by Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c. 44), s. 24(1)(4)
S. 17 applied (7.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3352, rule 6.22(2)
C2S. 17 applied: (1.7.1991) by Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (c. 5, SIF 39:1), s. 15(3); (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 37, ss. 10(3), 69(2) (with s. 66(2)); (1.11.1995) by 1988 c. 33, s. 75A(3) (as inserted (1.11.1995) by 1995 c. 11, s. 9 (with s. 16(6)); S.I. 1995/2650, art. 2); (2.9.1998) by 1993 c. 39, s. 10A(13) (as inserted (2.9.1998) by 1998 c. 22, ss. 2(1)(5), 27(5))
C3S. 17 amended by S.I. 1985/437, reg. 2
C4Power to exclude conferred (26.4.1999) by S.I. 1998/3132, rules 47.8(3), 47.14
C5S. 17 applied (E.W.) (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 12(2), 458(1); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch.
C6S. 17 applied (20.6.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 113(1), 279; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch.
All decrees and orders of courts of equity, and all rules of courts of common law . . . F12 whereby any sum of money, or any costs, charges, or expences, shall be payable to any person, shall have the effect of judgments in the superior courts of common law, and the persons to whom any such monies, or costs, charges, or expences, shall be payable, shall be deemed judgment creditors within the meaning of this Act; and all powers hereby given to the judges of the superior courts of common law with respect to matters depending in the same courts shall and may be exercised by courts of equity with respect to matters therein depending . . . F12 and all remedies hereby given to judgment creditors are in like manner given to persons to whom any monies, or costs, charges, or expences, are by such orders or rules respectively directed to be paid.
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F13S. 19 repealed by Land Charges Act 1900 (c. 26), Sch.
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F16S. 22 repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1965 (c. 2), Sch. 2
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