128Service of provisional order

128 Service of provisional order

[Rule 128 Substituted by S.R. 2003, No. 17, Applied:09 Apr 2003]

(1)  A provisional order is to be served on the garnishee and the judgment debtor as soon as possible after it is made.

(2)  Service on the judgment debtor may be effected –

(a) at the address for service, if the judgment debtor has given one; or

(b) at the judgment debtor's usual residence or place of employment or business; or

(c) in any other manner as a magistrate or registrar directs.

(2A)  [Rule 128 Subrule (2A) inserted by S.R. 2013, No. 69, Applied:04 Sep 2013] A provisional order may be served on the garnishee and the judgment debtor by any person.

(3)  Service of a provisional order binds the debts due or accruing to a judgment debtor in the garnishee's hands.