✨ Magistrates' Court Forms
APRIL 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1049
for possession of a certain [messuage with appurtenances, or part of a house, or as the case
may be, describing the tenement so as to distinguish it], situate at . And take notice that the
plaintiff claims of you for rent [or mesne profits, or damages] the sum of £ , for a period from
the day of , 191 , to the day of , 191 . And further take notice
that, if you do not appear at the said Court and show cause why you do not deliver up possession as
aforesaid, the Magistrate may order a warrant to issue to give possession to the plaintiff. And further
take notice that, if the plaintiff in this action is not your immediate landlord, you must, upon being
served with this summons, or if this summons shall come to your knowledge, forthwith give notice
hereof to your immediate landlord ; and if you do not give such notice you will be liable to forfeit to
your immediate landlord three years’ rack-rent of the premises held by you of him in respect of which
this summons is issued.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Court, at , this day of , 191 .
To the Defendant.
Clerk of the Court.
Claim for .. .. .. £ : :
Costs .. .. .. .. : :
Mileage for service of summons .. : :
Total .. .. .. £ : :
Hours of attendance at the office of the Clerk on , from till , except
on , when the office will be closed at .
[Indorsement No. 19.]
No. 101.
New Zealand. }
“The Magistrates’ Courts } SUMMONS FOR RECOVERY OF TENEMENT FOR NON-PAYMENT
Act, 1908.” } OF RENT.
In the Magistrate’s Court, held at .
Between , plaintiff,
and , defendant.
You are hereby summoned to appear at the Magistrate’s Court to be held at on the
day of , 191 , at the hour of in the forenoon, to answer the claim of the plaintiff why
possession of a certain [Here describe the house or other tenement so as to distinguish it], situate at ,
held by you as a [Insert weekly, or as the case may be] tenant should not be given up to the plaintiff
by reason of the rent payable in respect thereof by you being days in arrear, and the plaintiff
having right by law to re-enter for the non-payment thereof. If you pay to the Clerk the rent
in arrear and the costs of this action, as stated at the foot of this summons, five clear days before the
day you are required to appear to this summons, this action will cease. And take notice that if you do
not pay such rent in arrear, and costs, or appear at the said Court and show cause why possession of
the said should not be recovered against you, you may be ordered by the Court to give posses-
sion of such premises to the plaintiff, and that if such order is not obeyed a warrant may issue to give
possession to the plaintiff. And further take notice that, if the plaintiff in this action is not your
immediate landlord, you must, upon your being served with this summons, or if this summons shall
come to your knowledge, forthwith give notice hereof to your immediate landlord ; and if you do not
give such notice you will be liable to forfeit to your immediate landlord three years’ rack-rent of the
premises held by you of him in respect of which this summons is issued.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Court, at , this day of , 191 .
Clerk of the Court.
Rent in arrear from the day of to £ : :
the day of ..
Costs .. .. .. .. : :
Mileage for service of summons .. : :
Total .. .. .. £ : :
Hours of attendance at the office of the Clerk on , from till , except
on , when the office will be closed at .
[Indorsement No. 19.]
No. 102.
New Zealand. }
“The Magistrates’ Courts } WARRANT FOR GIVING POSSESSION OF TENEMENT.
Act, 1908.” }
In the Magistrate’s Court, held at .
Between , plaintiff,
and , defendant.
To , Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court [or To ].
WHEREAS at , on the day of , 191 , it was ordered by the Magistrate’s Court
held at that the defendant should give the plaintiff possession of a certain [house, &c., as
in summons], situate at [and that the plaintiff should recover against the defendant], the
sum of pounds shillings and pence for costs, or the sum of pounds
shillings and pence for rent or mesne profits [or rent and mesne profits, or damages,
and pounds shillings and pence [Insert here, if possession is to be given on account of non-
payment of rent in arrears, instead of the words between asterisks : “or else should, on or before the
day of , 191 , pay to the said the rent in arrear, and the sum of £
for costs”] : And whereas it was further ordered by the Court that this warrant should issue :
This is therefore to authorise and require you, on or before the day of , 191 , to
enter, by force if needful, into the premises, between the hours of nine in the morning and four in the
afternoon, and to give possession of the said hereinbefore-mentioned premises to the plaintiff. And
this is further to require and order you forthwith to make and levy by distress and sale of the goods
and chattels of the defendant, wheresoever they may be found (except the wearing-apparel and bed-
ding of the defendant or his family, and the tools and implements of his trade, if any, to the value in all
of twenty-five pounds); the said sum, and the costs of this warrant and execution ; and also to seize
and take any money or bank-notes, and any cheques, bills of exchange, promissory notes, bonds, or
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Form: Summons to a Tenant or Other Person Holding Over
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⚖️ Summons for Recovery of Tenement for Non-Payment of Rent
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