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Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998
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### 127 Provisional garnishee order
> [*\[Rule 127 Substituted by S.R. 2003, No. 17, Applied:09 Apr 2003\]*](/view/html/inforce/2003-04-09/sr-2003-017#GS13@EN)
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> > (1) On the application in writing of a judgment creditor accompanied by an affidavit in accordance with the approved form, a registrar, without requiring any attendance, may make a provisional order that –
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> > > > (a) all debts owing or accruing from the garnishee to the judgment debtor be attached to satisfy the judgment and the costs of the garnishee proceedings; and
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> > > > (b) the garnishee hold any such debt due to the judgment debtor, or as much of that debt as is sufficient to satisfy the judgment and those costs, until the provisional order is made final or discharged.
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> > (2) An order under [subrule (1)](#GS127@Gs1@EN) is to be in accordance with the approved form.
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> > (3) The costs of the garnishee proceedings are as provided for in [item 4](#JS1@HS3@JT@tr4@te1@tp@EN) in the [table](#JS1@HS3@JT@EN) in [Part 3](#JS1@HS3@EN) of [Schedule 1](#JS1@EN) .