Acts and Regulations

G-2 - Garnishee Act

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Satisfaction of judgment debt
2(1)Where a judgment has been obtained in The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick or in the Provincial Court and where the amount remaining due on the judgment exceeds the sum of eighty dollars, the party obtaining such judgment, hereinafter called the judgment creditor, may at any time thereafter attach and recover in the manner hereinafter provided, the whole or part of a debt or sum of money owing to the party against whom the judgment was obtained, hereinafter called the judgment debtor, from any other person, hereinafter called the garnishee, or sufficient of the debt or sum of money to satisfy the amount of the judgment, subject always to the rights of parties other than the judgment debtor to the debt or sum of money owing from the garnishee.
2(2)The provisions of this Act extend to all money or debts due to the judgment debtor from or by a foreign company doing business within this Province by an authorized agent, so far as it may be necessary to reach the money or effects of the company in the hands or under the control of such agent.
R.S., c.97, s.2; 1954, c.41, s.1; 1956, c.37, s.2; 1979, c.41, s.56; 2008, c.43, s.7
Satisfaction of judgment debt
2(1)Where a judgment has been obtained in The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick or in the Provincial Court and where the amount remaining due on the judgment exceeds the sum of eighty dollars, the party obtaining such judgment, hereinafter called the judgment creditor, may at any time thereafter attach and recover in the manner hereinafter provided, the whole or part of a debt or sum of money owing to the party against whom the judgment was obtained, hereinafter called the judgment debtor, from any other person, hereinafter called the garnishee, or sufficient of the debt or sum of money to satisfy the amount of the judgment, subject always to the rights of parties other than the judgment debtor to the debt or sum of money owing from the garnishee.
2(2)The provisions of this Act extend to all money or debts due to the judgment debtor from or by a foreign company doing business within this Province by an authorized agent, so far as it may be necessary to reach the money or effects of the company in the hands or under the control of such agent.
R.S., c.97, s.2; 1954, c.41, s.1; 1956, c.37, s.2; 1979, c.41, s.56; 2008, c.43, s.7
Satisfaction of judgment debt
2(1)Where a judgment has been obtained in The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick or in The Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes or in the Provincial Court and where the amount remaining due on the judgment exceeds the sum of eighty dollars, the party obtaining such judgment, hereinafter called the judgment creditor, may at any time thereafter attach and recover in the manner hereinafter provided, the whole or part of a debt or sum of money owing to the party against whom the judgment was obtained, hereinafter called the judgment debtor, from any other person, hereinafter called the garnishee, or sufficient of the debt or sum of money to satisfy the amount of the judgment, subject always to the rights of parties other than the judgment debtor to the debt or sum of money owing from the garnishee.
2(2)The provisions of this Act extend to all money or debts due to the judgment debtor from or by a foreign company doing business within this Province by an authorized agent, so far as it may be necessary to reach the money or effects of the company in the hands or under the control of such agent.
R.S., c.97, s.2; 1954, c.41, s.1; 1956, c.37, s.2; 1979, c.41, s.56