129HService of provisional garnishee order

129H Service of provisional garnishee order

[Rule 129H Inserted by S.R. 2003, No. 17, Applied:09 Apr 2003]

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

(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 129H 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 earnings of the judgment debtor as and when they are earned or become due and owing in the hands of the garnishee.