Distress Warrants




3570
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

Amount adjudged to be paid .. £ : :
Costs of previous executions .. : :
Warrant .. .. .. : :
Mileage .. .. .. : :
Total .. .. £ : :

NOTICE.—The Bailiff is entitled to demand and levy mileage according to scale, from the Courthouse to the place where seizure is made, and the cost of keeping possession of goods seized, which is not to exceed twelve shillings per day, or six shillings only where possession continues for not more than three hours. The goods and chattels are not to be sold until after the end of five days next following the day on which they were taken, unless they are of a perishable nature, or at the request in writing of the defendant.

Application was made to the Stipendiary Magistrate for this warrant at minutes past the hour of in the noon of the day of , 19 . Clerk of the Court.

Hours of attendance at the office of the Clerk on , from till , except on , when the office will be closed at .
[Indorsement No. 97.]

No. 92.

New Zealand.
Sec 36 ; Rule 48. The Magistrates’ Courts } DISTRESS WARRANT UNDER SECTION 36 OF THE ACT.
Act, 1928.
Plaint No. .
In the Magistrate’s Court, held at .
Between , plaintiff,
and , defendant.

To , Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court [or To ].
WHEREAS a certificate under the seal of the Supreme Court of New Zealand has been filed in this Court, setting forth that the plaintiff, on the day of , 19 , obtained a judgment against the defendant for [or an order to pay to the plaintiff] the sum of pounds shillings and pence, and the sum of pounds shillings and pence for costs, and there is now due to the plaintiff for interest on such judgment the sum of pounds shillings and pence, making together the sum pounds shillings and pence :
This is therefore to command you forthwith to levy the sum of £ , and the further expenses incurred herein, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the said , except his personal and family clothing, furniture and household effects, and tools and implements of trade, not exceeding in all fifty pounds in value; and also to seize and take any money, cheques, bills of exchange, promissory notes, bonds, or securities for money of the said , or such part or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy this execution, and the costs of making and executing the same. And you are hereby commanded to pay what you shall so levy forthwith to the Clerk of this Court, or the Clerk of Court at , and to make return of what you shall do by virtue of this warrant immediately on the execution thereof.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Court, at , this day of , 19 . Stipendiary Magistrate.

Amount adjudged to be paid .. £ : :
Interest.. .. .. : :
Warrant .. .. .. : :
Costs of previous executions .. : :
Mileage .. .. .. : :
Total .. .. £ : :

NOTICE.—The Bailiff is entitled to demand and levy mileage according to scale from the Courthouse to the place where seizure is made, and the cost of keeping possession of goods seized, which is not to exceed twelve shillings per day, or six shillings only where possession continues for not more than three hours. The goods and chattels are not to be sold until after the end of five days next following the day on which they were taken, unless they are of a perishable nature, or at the request in writing of the defendant.

Application was made to the Stipendiary Magistrate for this warrant at minutes past the hour of in the noon of the day of , 19 . Clerk of Court.

Hours of attendance at the office of the Clerk on , from till , except on , when the office will be closed at .
[Indorsement No. 97.]

No. 93.

New Zealand.
Sec. 121 ; Rule 48. The Magistrates’ Courts } DISTRESS WARRANT AGAINST THE GOODS OF A MARRIED WOMAN.
Act, 1928.
Plaint No. .
In the Magistrate’s Court, held at .
Between , plaintiff,
and , defendant.

To , Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court [or To ].
WHEREAS , of , in New Zealand, wife of , was on the day of , 19 , duly adjudged [or ordered] by the Magistrate’s Court sitting at to pay the sum of pounds shillings and pence, claimed by one , for debt [or damages], together with the sum of pounds shillings and pence for costs and expenses allowed by the said Court, making together the sum of pounds shillings and pence, to the Clerk of this Court forthwith on the day of , or by instalments of for every days : And, further, it was ordered that the execution upon the judgment be limited to the separate property of the said not subject to any restriction against anticipation, unless by reason of section 25 of the Married Women’s Property Act, 1908, such property should be liable to execution notwithstanding such restriction : And whereas default has been made in payment according to the said order : This is therefore to command you forthwith to levy



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