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### 959 Interest on debts
> > (1) If a judgment directs an account of the debts of a deceased person, unless the estate is insolvent or it is otherwise ordered, interest is to be allowed –
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> > > > (a) on any debt which carries interest at the rate it carries; and
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> > > > (b) [*\[Rule 959 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2003, No. 142, Applied:03 Dec 2003\]*](/view/html/inforce/2003-12-03/sr-2003-142#GS6@EN) on any other debt at the prescribed rate of interest for each calendar year from the date of the judgment.
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> > (2) A creditor whose debt does not carry interest and who establishes the debt in proceedings under the judgment is, unless otherwise ordered, entitled to interest on the debt in accordance with [subrule (1)(b)](#GS959@Gs1@Hpb@EN) payable out of any assets which remain after satisfying –
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> > > > (a) the costs of the proceeding; and
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> > > > (b) the debts established; and
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> > > > (c) the interest on those debts which by law carry interest.