Part 11, The State Proceedings Act, 2000

No. 14 State Proceedings Act 2000 13 attachment thereof as a debt due or accruing due, the High Court may, subject to this Act and in accordance with rules of court, make an order restraining the first mentioned person from receiving that money and direct payment thereof to that other person: Provided that no such order shall be made in respect of:— (a) any wages or salary payable to any officer of the Government as such; (b) any pension or other money which is subject to the provisions of any enactment prohibiting or restricting assignment or charging or taking in execution; or (c) any money payable by the Government to any person on account of a deposit in the Post Office Savings Bank. (2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall, so far as they relate to forms of relief falling within the jurisdiction of a Magistrates' Court, have effect in relation to Magistrates' Courts as they have effect in relation to the High Court. PART V— MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL 24. (1) Subject to and in accordance with rules of court, in any proceedings in the High Court or a Magistrates' Court to which the Government is a party, the Government may be required by the court, [Margin: Discovery and interrogatories.] (a) to make discovery of documents and produce documents for inspection; and (b) to answer interrogatories: Provided that this section shall be without prejudice to any enactment or rule of law which authorises or requires the withholding of any document or the refusal to answer any question on the ground that the production of the document or the answering of the question would be injurious to the public interest. (2) Any order of the court made under the powers conferred by paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall direct by what officer of the Government the interrogatories are to be answered. 14 No. 14 State Proceedings Act 2000