Part 10, The State Proceedings Act, 2000

12 No. 14 State Proceedings Act 2000 Provided that the court by which any such order as is mentioned in this section is made or any court to which an appeal against the order lies may direct that, pending an appeal or otherwise, payment of the whole or any part thereof, shall be suspended, and if the certificate has not been issued may order any such directions to be inserted therein. (4) Except as is provided in this section, no execution or attachment or process in the nature thereof shall be issued out of any court for enforcing payment by the Government of any such money or costs as are referred to in this section, and no person shall be individually liable under any order for payment by the Government or any Government department or officer of the Government as such, of any such money or costs. (5) This section shall apply both in relation to proceedings pending at the commencement of this Act and in relation to proceedings instituted thereafter. 22. (1) Subject to this Act, any order made in favour of the Government against any person in any civil proceedings to which the Government is a party may be enforced in the same manner as an order made in an action between private persons and not otherwise. [Margin: Execution by Government.] (2) This subsection shall apply both in relation to proceedings pending at the commencement of this Act and in relation to proceedings instituted thereafter. (3) The provisions of the Debtors Act shall apply to sums of money payable and debts due to the Government. [Margin: Cap. 24] (4) Nothing in this section shall affect any procedure which immediately before the commencement of this Act was available for enforcing an order made in favour of the Government in proceedings brought by the Government for the recovery of any fine or penalty, or the forfeiture or condemnation of goods, or the forfeiture of any ship or any share in a ship. 23. (1) Where any money is payable by the Government to some person who, under any order of the court, is liable to pay any money to any other person, and that other person would, if the money so payable by the Government were money payable by a private person, be entitled under rules of court to obtain an order for the [Margin: Attachment of moneys payable by Government.]