Acts and Regulations

G-2 - Garnishee Act

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Liability of garnishee
6Any payment by the garnishee after service on him of the order, to anyone other than the judgment creditor, or into Court, to satisfy the said judgment, is, to the extent of the judgment creditor’s claim, void, and the garnishee, notwithstanding such payment, is liable to pay the same to the extent of the judgment creditor’s claim, if of sufficient amount, or if not, then to the extent of the debt or sum of money owing by the garnishee to the judgment debtor.
R.S., c.97, s.7
Liability of garnishee
6Any payment by the garnishee after service on him of the order, to anyone other than the judgment creditor, or into Court, to satisfy the said judgment, is, to the extent of the judgment creditor’s claim, void, and the garnishee, notwithstanding such payment, is liable to pay the same to the extent of the judgment creditor’s claim, if of sufficient amount, or if not, then to the extent of the debt or sum of money owing by the garnishee to the judgment debtor.
R.S., c.97, s.7