40Claimant to provide discharge notice

40 Claimant to provide discharge notice (1) If a principal or the respondent makes a payment to the claimant in partial or full discharge of a certified debt, the claimant must, on the request of the person making the payment, give the person a discharge notice in respect of the payment. (2) A discharge notice must— (a) be in the prescribed form; and (b) acknowledge the payment of the amount paid; and (c) be signed by the claimant. (3) If the claimant does not give the notice within 7 days of the payment and request, the claimant is to forfeit and pay to the person who made the payment a sum equal to the amount paid. (4) The person who made the payment may recover the forfeited amount in any court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the person.