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DEBTORS ACT

CHAPTER 8:07

LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Act
37 of 1917

Amended by
11 of 1918
26 of 1936
45 of 1979

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Pages Authorised

(inclusive) by L.R.O.
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Index of Subsidiary Legislation

Page

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CHAPTER 8:07

DEBTORS ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION

1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Abolition of imprisonment for debt with exceptions.

Limitation of imprisonment.
4. Bankruptcy.
5. Power of committal in certain cases.

Proof of means.
Chambers.
Instalments.
Imprisonment not to extinguish debt.
Discharge on payment.

6. Rules.

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CHAPTER 8:07

DEBTORS ACT

An Act relating to imprisonment for debt.

[17TH DECEMBER 1917]

1. This Act may be cited as the Debtors Act.

2. In this Act “Civil Court” includes the High Court and any
Petty Civil Court.

3. (1) Subject to the exceptions mentioned below, no person
shall be arrested or imprisoned for making default in payment of a
sum of money.

(2) There shall be exempted from the operation of
subsection (1)—

(a) default in payment of a penalty or sum in the
nature of a penalty, other than a penalty in respect
of any contract;

(b) default in payment of any sum recovered
summarily before a Magistrate not sitting as Judge
of a Petty Civil Court, or before any Justice;

(c) default by a trustee or person acting in a fiduciary
capacity and ordered to pay by a Civil Court
any sum in his possession or under his control;

(d) default by an Attorney-at-law in payment of costs
when ordered to pay costs for misconduct as such,
or in payment of a sum of money when ordered
to pay the same in his character of an officer of
the High Court;

(e) default in payment for the benefit of creditors of
any portion of a salary or other income in respect
of the payment of which any Court is authorised
to make an order;

1950 Ed.
Ch. 6. No. 3.
37 of 1917.

Commencement.

Short title.

Interpretation.

Abolition of
imprisonment
for debt with
exceptions.

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Limitation of
imprisonment.

Bankruptcy.

Power of
committal in
certain cases.
[45 of 1979].

(f) default in payment of sums in respect of the
payment of which orders are authorised to be
made under this Act,

but no person shall be imprisoned in any case excepted from the
operation of this section for a longer period than one year; and
nothing in this section shall alter the effect of any judgment or
order of any Court for payment of money except as regards the
arrest and imprisonment of the person making default in paying
the money.

4. Nothing in this Act shall in any way affect any right or
power under any Act for the time being relating to bankruptcy to
arrest or imprison any person.

5. (1) Subject to the provisions contained below and to
the Rules made under this Act, any Civil Court may commit to
the Port-of-Spain Prison for a term not exceeding six weeks or
until payment of the sum due, any person who makes default in
payment of any debt or instalment of any debt due from him in
pursuance of any order or judgment of that or any other competent
Civil Court but—

(a) the jurisdiction given by this section of
committing a person to prison shall, in the case
of a Petty Civil Court, be exercised only subject
to the following restrictions:

(i) by an order made in open Court and
showing on its face the ground on which it
is issued;

(ii) in respect of a judgment of the Court
making the order, or in the case of a
judgment of another Court, where the
amount actually due does not exceed two
thousand five hundred dollars or is reduced
to that amount by abandonment of excess
and the judgment debtor is resident within
the district of the Court;

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Proof of means.

Chambers.

Instalments.

Imprisonment
not to extinguish
debt.

Discharge on
payment.

(iii) a summons to a judgment debtor residing
out of the district of any such Court shall
not issue for service without the leave of
the Judge thereof;

(b) the jurisdiction shall only be exercised where it
is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that the
person making default has, or has had since the
date of the order or judgment, the means to pay
the sum in respect of which he has made default
and has refused or neglected, or refuses or
neglects, to pay the same.

(2) Proof of the means of the person making default may
be given in such manner as the Court thinks just; and, for the
purposes of such proof, the debtor and any witnesses may be
summoned and examined on oath according to the Rules made
under this Act.

(3) Any jurisdiction by this section given to the High
Court may be exercised by a Judge sitting in Chambers or otherwise
in the prescribed manner.

(4) For the purposes of this section, any Civil Court
may direct any debt due from any person in pursuance of any
order or judgment of that or any other competent Civil Court to be
paid by instalments, and may from time to time rescind or vary
the order.

(5) No imprisonment under this section shall operate as a
satisfaction or extinguishment of any debt or demand or cause of
action, or deprive any person of any right to take out execution
against the lands, goods or chattels of the person imprisoned in the
same manner as if the imprisonment had not taken place.

(6) Any person imprisoned under this section shall be
discharged out of custody upon a certificate signed in the prescribed
manner to the effect that he has satisfied the debt or instalment of
a debt in respect of which he was imprisoned together with the
prescribed costs (if any).

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6. The Rules Committee established by the Supreme Court
of Judicature Act may make Rules of Court for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of this Act, and of fixing the fees payable
in respect of all proceedings and matters under this Act, and of
providing for any such other matters as are authorised by this Act
to be prescribed.

Rules.
Ch. 4:01.

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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

DEBTORS RULES

ARRANGEMENT OF RULES

RULE

1. Citation.
2. Order of commitment.
3. Application.
4. Judgment summons.
5. Filing affidavit.
6. Issuing judgment summons.
7. Judgment debtor as witness.
8. Judgment debtor about to remove, etc.
9. Successive summons.

10. Hearing.
11. Non-appearance.
12. Hearing summons in Chambers.
13. Summoning witnesses.
14. Order of commitment.
15. Receiving order.
16. Filing affidavit.
17. Judgment debtor arrested.
18. Order of commitment not made.
19. Judgment or order given, etc.
20. Order for non-payment of money.
21. Prisoner delivered into custody.
22. Discharging prisoner.
23. Costs.
24. Costs due in pursuance of judgment.
25. Definition.
26. Leave of Judge to issue judgment summons.
27. Forms to be used.

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28. Fees.
29. Attorney’s-at-law costs.

PETTY CIVIL COURTS
30. Petty Civil Courts.
31. Application.
32. Registrar.
33. Judgment summons issued out of Petty Civil Court.
34. Fees, costs of judgment summons.

SCHEDULE.

RULE

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DEBTORS RULES

made under section 6

1. These Rules may be cited as the Debtors Rules.

2. No order of commitment under the Act shall be made
unless a summons to appear and be examined on oath has been
personally served on the judgment debtor, which summons may
be issued without the leave of the Court or a Judge.

3. An application by a judgment creditor for the issue of a
judgment summons shall be grounded on an affidavit stating the
judgment as obtained and the amount due thereon at the time of
the application.

4. Where a judgment has been given or an order made against
two or more persons the person entitled to enforce the judgment
or order may require a judgment summons to be issued against
all or any one or more of the persons liable under the judgment
or order.

5. (1) Where a judgment or order is against a firm or against
a person carrying on business in any name other than his own in
such other name and the person entitled to enforce the judgment
or order desires to do so by judgment summons against any person
whom he alleges to be liable under the judgment or order as a
partner in or a sole member of the firm, or as the person carrying
on business in such other name he shall file an affidavit together
with a copy thereof according to the form in the Schedule and
thereupon a judgment summons may issue according to the form
in the Schedule directed to the person alleged to be liable as
mentioned above and there shall be annexed to the judgment
summons and served therewith a copy of the affidavit sealed with
the seal of the Court.

(2) If such person does not appear on the return day of
the judgment summons he shall be deemed to admit his liability as

G. 31.5.1918.
[4.7.1918
25.8.1938
45 of 1979].

Citation.

Order of
commitment.

Application.

Judgment
summons.

Filing affidavit.

Form 1.
Schedule.

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a partner in or the sole member of the firm or as the person carrying
on business in such other names as mentioned above to pay the
amount due and payable under the judgment or order. But if such
person appears and denies his liability the Judge may decide the
question on the evidence then before him or may order an issue to
be stated and tried.

6. A judgment summons shall be according to the form in
the Schedule and shall be issued not less than fourteen clear days
and served not less than seven clear days before the day on which
the judgment debtor is required to appear.

7. A judgment summons shall, if at the time of the service
thereof sufficient conduct money has been paid or tendered
therewith, be deemed to be a summons for the attendance of a
judgment debtor as a witness. A notice according to the Form 3 in
the Schedule shall be printed at the foot or annexed to the summons.
The affidavit of service shall state the fact of the tender and receipt
or refusal as the case may be of the conduct money and a judgment
debtor refusing or neglecting to attend the summons may be dealt
with accordingly.

8. Where the person applying for a judgment summons
states to the Registrar that the judgment debtor is about to remove
from his residence or place of business or is keeping out of the
way to avoid service, the judgment summons may be issued and
served at any time before the hearing but the Court or Judge shall
dismiss a summons issued under this rule in the absence of the
judgment debtor unless at the hearing the Judge is satisfied by
evidence on oath that at the time of the application for the judgment
summons such party was either about to remove from his
residence or place of business or was keeping out of the way to
avoid service; and also if it appears to the Court or a Judge that
reasonable efforts have been made to effect personal service
and either that the summons has come to the knowledge of the
debtor or that he wilfully evades service, an order be made as if

Issuing
judgment
summons.
Form 2.
Schedule.

Judgment debtor
as witness.

Form 3.
Schedule.

Judgment debtor
about to remove,
etc.

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personal service had been effected upon such terms as the Judge
may seem fit, or the Judge may order substituted service in such
manner and on such terms as he thinks fit.

9. Where a judgment summons has not been served in due
time, a successive summons may be issued without fee at any time
within three months, but if the successive summons is not served
in due time, no further successive summons shall be allowed, but
a fresh summons may be issued on payment of the fee. Any
successive or subsequent judgment summons may be served by
such person as the Judge may direct and subject to such directions
and conditions as to costs and otherwise as he deems fit.

10. The hearing of a judgment summons may by leave of a
Judge be adjourned from time to time.

11. In the case of the non-appearance of a judgment debtor on
the day fixed for the hearing of the summons the Judge may, on
being satisfied that the debtor has been duly served with the
summons, proceed in his absence to dispose of the summons or
may adjourn the hearing or make such order as he may think fit.

12. Any Judge of the High Court may hear any such summons
in Chambers when in his discretion he thinks fit to do so, but subject
to such discretion the same shall be heard in Court.

13. Witnesses may be summoned to prove the means of a
judgment debtor in the same manner as witnesses are subpoenaed
to give evidence upon the hearing of an action and the expenses of
any person examined, whether summoned or not may be allowed
in addition to the costs authorised hereby. Where the judgment
debtor does not appear at the hearing or pays into Court the amount
in payment of which he has made default, expenses paid to him
with the judgment summons or with the summons to appear as a
witness may if the Judge so directs be allowed as expenses of a
witness and where the judgment debtor appears at the hearing
expenses so paid to him may if the Judge so directs be allowed as
expenses of a witness.

Successive
summons.

Hearing.

Non-
appearance.

Hearing
summons In
Chambers.

Summoning
witnesses.

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14. An order of commitment shall be according to Form 6 in
the Schedule and shall on whatever day it may be issued bear date
of the day on which the order for commitment was made, and
shall if not executed remain in force for one year only, from and
exclusive of such date unless renewed in manner provided below;
but the Judge may at any time before or after the expiration of
such year extend the time within which the order may be executed
for any time not exceeding one year from the date on which it
would otherwise have ceased to be in force and so on from time to
time before or after the expiration of the last period of extension.
An order of extension may be made either before or after the order
of commitment is issued; and the fact of the order having been
made shall be indorsed on the order of commitment according to
the Form in the Schedule.

15. Where upon the return day of a judgment summons the
judgment debtor satisfies the Judge that a receiving order has been
made for the protection of his estate or that he has been adjudicated
bankrupt and that the debt was provable in the bankruptcy, no order
of commitment shall be made.

16. Where the judgment debtor after the making of an order
of commitment against him files in the Court an affidavit according
to the form in the Schedule that a receiving order has been made
for the protection of his estate or that he has been adjudged a
bankrupt and that the debt was provable in bankruptcy and
forthwith on such affidavit being so filed gives notice to the
judgment creditor of the filing thereof, the order of commitment
shall not be issued and if issued and not executed it shall be recalled.

17. Where a judgment debtor is arrested he may file an affidavit
as mentioned in rule 16 and thereupon he shall be discharged out
of custody upon the certificate of the Registrar who shall forthwith
give notice to the judgment creditor of the discharge.

18. (1) On the hearing of a judgment summons the Judge if
he is of opinion that an order of commitment need not be made,

Order of
commitment.
Form 6.
Schedule.

Receiving order.

Filing affidavit.

Form 9.
Schedule.

Judgment debtor
arrested.

Order of
commitment not
made.

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may refuse to make an order or may make an order for payment of
the amount remaining due and unpaid under the judgment or
order either at a specified time or by instalments.

(2) If an order of commitment is made the Judge may
direct the execution of the order to be suspended to enable the
debtor to pay the amount in respect of the non-payment of which
the order is made by instalments or otherwise.

19. Where a judgment or order has been given or made for
payment by instalments and an order of commitment is made in
respect of the non-payment of one or more of the instalments
before the whole of the instalments have become due, then, if the
Judge orders the execution of the order of commitment to be
suspended to enable the debtor to pay the amount in respect of
the non-payment of which the order is made, by instalments or
otherwise, he may, if he thinks fit, order that the judgment or
order for payment of instalments shall also be suspended for
so long as the execution of the order of commitment is suspended
or for any less period. If the Judge makes such order as the last
mentioned he may at any subsequent time order that the
suspension of the judgment order for payment of instalments shall
cease; and if the plaintiff withdraws or abandons the order of
commitment, the suspension of the judgment or order for
payment of instalments shall cease to operate on the withdrawal
or abandonment.

20. Where an order of commitment for non-payment of
money is issued, the debtor may at any time before his body is
delivered into custody of the Jailer pay to the Marshal the amount
indorsed on the order as that on payment of which he may be
discharged and on receiving the amount the Marshal shall discharge
the debtor.

21. Where a prisoner has been delivered into custody of the
Jailer the sum indorsed on the order of commitment as that upon
payment of which the prisoner may be discharged, may at any

Judgment or
order given, etc.

Order for non-
payment of
money.

Prisoner
delivered into
custody.

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time be paid into Court or to the Jailer in whose custody the
prisoner is. Where payment is made to the Jailer he shall, upon
payment to him of such amount together with costs sufficient to
pay for transmitting such amount forthwith to Court, transmit such
amount forthwith to the Marshal and he shall sign a certificate of
the payment and discharge the prisoner and such costs of
transmission shall be part of the prescribed costs.

22. Upon the judgment creditor lodging with the Registrar a
request in writing according to the form in the Schedule that the
judgment debtor if in prison may be discharged from custody, the
Registrar shall issue a notice according to the form in the Schedule
and transmit the same to the Jailer in whose custody the judgment
debtor is and the Jailer shall upon receipt of the notice forthwith
discharge the prisoner.

23. If a judgment debtor appears on the return day but the
judgment creditor fails to appear the Judge may award costs to the
judgment debtor.

24. Except as otherwise provided by these Rules all costs
incurred by the judgment creditor in endeavouring to enforce a
judgment or order shall be deemed to be due in pursuance of such
judgment or order under section 5 of the Act unless a Court or
Judge shall otherwise order.

25. The word “Marshal” includes the Deputy Marshals of
San Fernando and Tobago and his and their deputies and assistants.

The word Registrar includes the Assistant Registrars of
San Fernando and Tobago.

26. No judgment summons shall issue from the Registry in
Port-of-Spain for service in Tobago or within the district of the
San Fernando Registry except by leave of the Judge.

27. The forms in the Schedule with such variations as
circumstances may require shall be used in all proceedings to
which such forms respectively refer.

Discharging
prisoner.
Form.
Schedule.

Costs.

Costs due in
pursuance of
judgment.

Definition.

Leave of Judge
to issue
judgment
summons.

Forms to be
used.
Schedule.

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Fees.
[45 of 1979].

Attorney’s-at-
law costs.

Petty Civil
Courts.

Application.

28. There shall be no taxation of costs on a debtor’s summons
but the following fees shall be taken and costs allowed in all
cases in the High Court:

FEES
Not

Exceeding Exceeding
$500 $500

Amount of debt and cost unpaid—
For every summons … … … … 2.50 5.00
For every affidavit … … … … 1.00 1.00
For every certificate or notice … … … 1.00 1.00
For every order of arrest … … … … 1.00 1.50

ATTORNEY’S-AT-LAW COSTS
Including appearance in Court and applying for and obtaining

order of arrest … … … … $15.00 $30.00
For every adjournment, if allowed by the Judge … 5.00 10.00

On any notice of further hearing of a judgment summons,
one-half of the above fees and costs set out in the first column
shall be taken and charged where the arrears of instalments in
respect of which the notice is issued do not exceed five hundred
dollars, and half those in the second column where the arrears
exceed five hundred dollars.

The fees in the High Court for service of summons by the
Marshal shall be the same as those prescribed in the Rules of the
Supreme Court and the fees for executing an order of arrest by the
Marshal shall be as prescribed in the said Rules.

29. The granting of costs of Attorneys-at-law shall be in the
discretion of the Judge at the hearing who may in special cases
increase the above allowance.

PETTY CIVIL COURTS

30. The above Rules apply mutatis mutandis to proceedings
in all Petty Civil Courts except rules 12, 26, 28 and 29.

31. Where leave is required under section 5(1)(a) (iii) for the
issue of a judgment summons for service out of the district, the

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application for leave shall be made upon affidavit according to
Form 14 in the Schedule, and leave shall not be granted unless the
Judge is satisfied that the evidence offered by the affidavit, if
uncontradicted, would justify the making of an order of
commitment against the debtor. If leave is granted a copy of the
affidavit shall be lodged with the Chief Clerk and annexed to the
judgment summons and served therewith.

32. Wherever in the above Rules anything has to be done by
the Registrar the same rule shall apply to the Petty Civil Court as
if the words Clerk of the Court had been used instead of the word
Registrar and wherever the word Marshal is used in the Rules the
same rule shall apply in every case to a Petty Civil Court of which
the Marshal is not the bailiff as if the word bailiff had been used in
such rules instead of the word Marshal, and where the word
subpoena is used as if the word summons had been used.

33. No judgment summons shall be issued out of any
Petty Civil Court during the pending of any order of committal
made on a previous judgment summons in respect of the same
debt or (without the leave of the Judge to be obtained on sufficient
grounds) within six months of the dismissal of any previous
judgment summons in respect of the same debt or of the expiration
of any term of imprisonment which the judgment debtor has
actually undergone on a judgment summons in respect of the
same debt.

34. The fees and costs of a judgment summons in all Petty
Civil Courts shall be as follows:

COURT FEES
$

For issuing a judgment summons … … … … 1.00
For issuing an order of arrest … … … … 1.00
Application for the issue of a judgment summons out of the

jurisdiction … … … … .50
Service of a judgment summons on each debtor … … 1.50
On an order to arrest for each person to be arrested … … 5.00

In addition there shall be paid the ordinary travelling expenses of the
Bailiff in taking a person arrested to the Jail.

Form 14.
Schedule.

Registrar.

Judgment
summons issued
out of Petty
Civil Court.

Fees, costs of
judgment
summons.
[45 of 1979].

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ATTORNEY’ S-AT-LAW FEES

Not
Exceeding Exceeding

$500 $500

Attorney’s-at-law costs for issuing summons … 1.00 2.00
Attorney’s-at-law costs for hearing, including

adjournments unless otherwise ordered … 2.00 5.00
Special costs of any adjournment may be granted in

addition not exceeding … … … … 1.50 3.00

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SCHEDULE

DEBTORS ACT
FORM 1

No. ..........................
In the ..............................................................................................................

Between ............................................................................................... Plaintiff,
and ...................................................................................................... Defendant.
I .................................. make oath and say as follows:

1. I did on the ....................... day of ................................... 20......, in
this Court recover against the above-named ..................................... Defendant
(Plaintiff) a judgment (or order) for the sum of $ ........................... (and costs).

2. There is now due on the said judgment (or order) (and costs) the sum
of $ .............................. Sworn, etc.

Rule 5(1).

Rule 6.FORM 2
No. ......................

In the ..............................................................................................................
Between ............................................................................................... Plaintiff,
and ..................................................................................................... Defendant.

Whereas the Plaintiff obtained a judgment (or order) against the defendant
in the .............................. on the ........................ day of ......................for the
sum of $ ................ with costs and there is now due and payable upon the said
Judgment (or order) the sum of $ .......................... with $ .................. for costs.

You are hereby summoned to appear personally at ..................... on ................
the ........................... day of ............................. at ........... o’clock to be examined
on oath by the Court touching the means you have, or have had since the date of
the Judgment (or order) to pay the said sum in payment of which you have
made default. And also to show cause why you should not be committed to
prison for such default.

Dated this ................... day of .............................. 20...... .

$
Amount of Judgment or order remaining … …
Costs of this summons … … … …

Total sum due … … … …$

......................................
Registrar

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FORM 3

In default of your attendance you will, if at the time of the service of this summons
on you payment of your expenses is made, be liable to be dealt with as guilty of contempt
of Court.

FORM 4

Affidavit to obtain issue of judgment summons on judgment or order against a firm
or person carrying on business in a name other than his own.

No. .....................
In the matter ................................................................................................................

Between ............................................................................................................. Plaintiff,
and ................................................................................................................ Defendants.
I .......................... the above-named plaintiff make oath and say as follows:

1. On the .................... day of ........................... 20..... , in this Court I recovered
against the above-named defendants a judgment (or order) for the sum of
................................. (and costs) and there is now due and payable under the said judgment
(or order) the sum of $ ............

2. I allege that ........................ of ....................... is liable as a partner in (or the
sole member of) the said firm of ......................... (or as the person carrying on business
on his own behalf in the name of ...................... ) to pay the sum payable under the said
judgment (or order) and I make this allegation on the following grounds:

(i) That the said .......................... has admitted before the Court in the
proceedings in which the said judgment (or order) was obtained that he was a partner
in (or the sole member of) the said firm of ...................... (or the person carrying
on business on his own behalf in the name of .......................... ) at the time of the
accruing of the cause of action (or has been adjudged in the proceedings in which the
said judgment (or order) was obtained to be liable as a partner in (or the sole member of)
the said firm of ..................... or the person carrying on business on his own behalf in
the name of ........................);

(ii) that the said .......................... was individually served as a partner in (or
the sole member of) the said firm of (or as the person carrying on business on his own
behalf in the name of ............................. ) with the summons in the action in which the
said judgment (or order) was obtained and failed to appear at the trial;

(iii) state any other grounds on which the person against whom the Judgment
summons is sought is alleged to be liable with the deponents sources of information and
grounds of belief.

3. I verily believe that the said ............................ is well able to pay the said
sum of $ ............................ now due and payable under the said judgment (or order).

4. I apply for the issue of a judgment summons against the said ..........................
in respect of the non-payment of the said sum of $ .................

Sworn, etc.:

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FORM 5

JUDGMENT—SUMMONS ON JUDGMENT OR ORDER
AGAINST A FIRM, OR A PERSON CARRYING ON
BUSINESS IN A NAME OTHER THAN HIS OWN

DEBTORS ACT
No. of Judgment Summons ..................

No. .......................
In the ...........................................................................................................................

Between ........................................................................................................... Plaintiff,
and (a) .......................................................................................................... Defendants.
of ............................................................................

To (b) ................................................................
Whereas the plaintiff obtained judgment (or an order) against the defendants by

and in the name of (a) ............................ above described in this Court at ............................
on the .......................... day of .................................... 20..... , for the sum of
............................... (and costs) and there is now due and payable under the said judgment
(or order) from the said (a) ............................ to the said plaintiff .............................. the
sum of $ .......................:

And whereas the said plaintiff .......................... has filed an affidavit in this Court,
a copy whereof is hereunto annexed, wherein it is alleged that you the above-named
................ are liable as one of the partners in (or the sole member of) the said firm of
(a) ............... (or as the person carrying on business on your own behalf in the name of
(a) .................................) to pay the sum payable under the said judgment (or order).

You are therefore hereby summoned to appear personally in this Court, at (place
where Court holden) on .................... day of ............................... 20...... , at the hour of
............................. in the ..................... noon, to be examined on oath by the Court touching
the means you have or have had since the date of the said judgment (or order) to pay the
said sum of $ ........................ now due and payable under the said judgment (or order);
and also to show cause why you should not be committed to prison for default in payment
of the said sum, or why a receiving order should not be made against you pursuant to
section 98 of the Bankruptcy Act.

And take notice, that if you deny that you are liable as one of the partners in (or the
sole member of) the said firm of (a) ............................. (or as the person carrying on
business on your own behalf in the name of (a) ......................... ) to pay the sum payable
under the said judgment (or order) you must appear at this Court on the day and at the
hour above-mentioned, and that in default of your so appearing you will be deemed to
admit your liability as mentioned above to pay the amount due and payable under the
said judgment (or order).

Dated this ............................ day of ..................................... 20..... .

$
Amount remaining due under Judgment (or order) … …
Costs of this Summons … … … …

Total sum due … … … … $

...............................................
Registrar

Address,
description.
(a) State name,
address, and
description as in
the original
summons, with
any amendment
made by the
Court.
(b) State the
name, address
and description
of one of the
persons alleged
to be partners in
the firm against
whom the
judgment or
order was
obtained, or the
person alleged
to be the sole
member
thereof, or of
the person
alleged to be
carrying on
business in a
name other
than his own.

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FORM 6

DEBTORS ACT

No. .......................

In the ...........................................................................................................................
Between ........................................................................................................... Plaintiff,
and ................................................................................................................. Defendant.

To the Marshal or his deputies or Assistants (or to the Bailiff of the .................... Court
of ............................) and to the Keeper of the Port-of-Spain Prison.

Whereas the plaintiff (defendant) obtained a Judgment (or order) against the ..............
in the ................................ Court on the .......................... day of ................................ for
the payment of $ ................. for debt or damages and costs, payable by instalments as
follows, namely: ........................................ and subsequent cost have been incurred in
pursuance thereof amounting to $ ...........................

And whereas the ............................... has made default in payment of $ .........................
payable in pursuance of the said judgment (or order).

And whereas a Judgment Summons was at the instance of the plaintiff (defendant)
duly issued out of this Court by which the defendant (plaintiff) was required to appear
personally at this Court on the ............................. day of .......................... to be examined
on oath touching the means he had then or had since the date of the judgment (or order)
to satisfy the sum then due and payable in pursuance of the judgment (or order) and to
show cause why he should not be committed to prison for such default, which summons
has been proved to this Court (or the Judge) to have been personally and duly served on
the Defendant (Plaintiff).

And whereas at the hearing of the said Judgment Summons it was ordered that the
defendant (plaintiff) do pay the sum of $ ............................... by instalments as
follows, namely: ....................................... and the further hearing of the said
summons was adjourned.

And whereas at the (further) hearing of the said Judgment Summons it has now been
proved to the satisfaction of the Court (or Judge) that the defendant (plaintiff) now has
[or has had since the date of the judgment (or order)] the means to pay the sum then due
and payable in pursuance of the judgment (or order) (or one of such instalments as
aforesaid) or part thereof, and has refused (or neglected) (or then refused or neglected)
to pay the same and the defendant (plaintiff) has shown no cause why he should not be
committed to prison.

Now, therefore, it is ordered that for such default as mentioned above the plaintiff
(defendant) shall be committed to prison for ......................... days unless he shall sooner
pay the sum stated below as that upon the payment of which he is to be discharged.

Rule 14.

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These are therefore to require you the said Marshal (or bailiff), Deputies, Assistants
or others to take the plaintiff (defendant) and to deliver him to the Keeper of the
Port-of-Spain Prison, and you the said Keeper of the Port-of-Spain Prison to receive
the plaintiff (defendant) and him safely keep in the said Prison for ....................... days
from the arrest under this order or until he shall sooner be discharged by due course
of law.

Dated this ............................. day of ....................................... 20.......

This order remains in force but for one year from the date thereof unless such time is
extended under rule 9 of the Debtors Rules.

(The time during which this order is to remain in force was on the ................... day
of .............................. extended by order of the Judge to the ............................ day
of ...............................).

.......................................
Registrar

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FORM 7

ORDER OF COMMITMENT ON A JUDGMENT
SUMMONS ON A JUDGMENT OR ORDER AGAINST A
FIRM, OR A PERSON CARRYING ON BUSINESS IN A

NAME OTHER THAN HIS OWN

DEBTORS ACT
No. of Judgment Summons ..................

No. ..............................
In the ............................................................................................................................

Between .............................................................................................................. Plaintiff,
and ................................................................................................................. Defendants.
(a) .....................................................................................................................................
To the Marshal or his Deputies or Assistants (or to the bailiff of the Petty Civil Court of
.............................. ) said Court, and to the Keeper of the Port-of-Spain Prison.

Whereas the plaintiff obtained a judgment (or an order) against the defendants by
and in the name of .............................. above described in this Court on the
.............................. day of ............................. 20..... , for the sum of $ ........................
(and costs), and there is now due and payable under the said judgment (or order) from
the said defendants to the said plaintiff the sum of $ ........................................................

And whereas the said plaintiff having filed an affidavit in this Court, wherein it was
alleged that (b) ............................. was liable as one of the partners in (or the sole
member of) the said firm of ............................. (or as the person carrying on business on
his own behalf in the name of ............................. ) to pay the sum payable under the said
judgment (or order) a summons was, at the instance of the said plaintiff, duly issued out
of this Court, by which the said ........................ was required to appear personally at this
Court on ............................ the .................. day of .......................... 20...... , to be examined
on oath touching the means he had then or had had since the date of the said judgment
(or order) to pay the sum due and payable under the said judgment (or order), and also to
show cause why he should not be committed to prison for default in payment of the said
sum and notice was thereby given to the said .......................... that if he denied that he
was liable as one of the partners in (or the sole member of) the said firm of ..........................
(or as the person carrying on business on his own behalf in the name of.............) to pay
the sum payable under the said judgment (or order) he must appear in this Court on the
day above mentioned, and that in default of his so appearing he would be deemed to
admit his liability as aforesaid to pay the amount due under the said Judgment (or order).

And whereas the said summons came on for hearing this day, and the said
summons has been proved to this Court to have been personally and duly served on
the said .............................................................................................................................

And whereas the said ................. did not appear at the hearing of the said summons:
[or And whereas the said ............................. appeared at the hearing of the said

summons and admitted his liability as one of the partners in (or the sole member of) the

(a) State name,
address and
description, as
in the original
summons, with
any amendment
made by the
Courts.
(b) State the
name, address
and description
of one of the
persons alleged
to be partners in
the firm against
whom the
judgment or
order was
obtained, or of
the person
alleged to be the
sole member
thereof or of the
person alleged
to be carrying
on business in a
name other than
his own.

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firm of ..................... (or as the person carrying on business on his own behalf in the
name of .......................... ) to pay the sum payable under the said Judgment (or order)]:

[or And whereas the said ........................... appeared at the hearing of the said summons,
and denied that he was liable as one of the partners in (or the sole member of) the said
firm of ........................... (or as the person carrying on business on his own behalf in the
name of .............................. ) to pay the sum payable under the said judgment (or order),
but proof has been made to the satisfaction of the Court that the said ........................... is
liable as one of the partners in (or the sole member of) the said firm of .........................
(or as the person carrying on business on his own behalf in the name of ...........................)
to pay the said sum]:

And whereas at the hearing of the said summons it has now been proved to the
satisfaction of the Court that the said ........................ now has (or has had since the date
of the said judgment (or order), the means to pay the sum due and payable under the said
judgment (or order), and refuses or neglects) (or has refused or neglected) to pay the
same, and the said .......... has shown no cause why he should not be committed to prison:

Now, therefore, it is ordered that for such default as mentioned above the said .............
shall be committed to prison for ................... days, unless he shall sooner pay the sum
stated below as that upon payment of which he is to be discharged.

These are therefore to require you the said ........................... Marshal (or bailiff),
deputies, assistants or others, to take the said ...................... and to deliver him to the
Keeper of the Port-of-Spain Prison, and you the said Keeper to receive the said
......................... and him safely keep in the said Prison for ........................ days from the
arrest under this order, or until he shall be sooner discharged by due course of law.

Given under the Seal of the Court, this (insert date of order) ....................... day of
................................... 20.......

Amount

$
Amount remaining due under judgment (or order) at time

of issue of judgment summons … … …
Fees and costs on issue on hearing of judgment

summons … … … … …

Deduct amount paid into Court since issue of judgment
summons … … … … …

Poundage on this order … … … … …

Sum on payment of which the debtor is to be
discharged … … … … …

This order remains in force for one year only from the ..................... hereof, unless
such time is extended under rule 9.

And when so ordered: The time during which this order is to remain in force was on
the ............................ day of ................................ extended by order of the Judge to the
............... day of ........................... 20..... .

...............................................
Registrar

...............................................
Registrar

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FORM 8

NOTICE TO DEBTOR WHERE ORDER OF
COMMITMENT MADE, BUT DIRECTED TO

BE SUSPENDED

DEBTORS ACT

No. of Judgment Summons .............
No. ...........................

In the ............................................................................................................................
Between ............................................................................................................. Plaintiff,
and .................................................................................................................. Defendant.
Take notice, that an order of commitment for your imprisonment for ................................
days was this day made by the Judge of this Court.

The order will not be put in force if the sum stated below be paid into Court on or
before the ....................... day of ................................ 20...... , (or by instalments of
$ ...................... for every ....................................... days, the first payment to be made on
the ........................... day of ........................................ 20....... ).

In default of payment within the time above-mentioned (or of any instalment) an
order may issue for your imprisonment for the period above mentioned unless you shall
sooner pay the whole amount remaining due under the said order.

Dated this ........................ day of ....................................... 20......

$
Amount payable under the order … … …
To the judgment debtor (naming him) … …

.............................................
Registrar

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FORM 9

AFFIDAVIT UNDER RULE 16

DEBTORS ACT
In the .................................................................................................................................

Between .............................................................................................................. Plaintiff,
and ................................................................................................................... Defendant.

I C.D., of ................................... make oath and say—
1. That under the Debtors Act an order for commitment was made by the above

Court (or the Petty Civil Court ................................ holden at ..................... ), for
making default in payment of $ ................................... due from me in pursuance of a
judgment (or an order) of the ............... (here insert the Court in which the judgment was
given or made.)

2. That on the ..................... day of ........................................ 20...... , I was
adjudicated a bankrupt by the ................ (here insert the Court by which adjudication
was made)............................. [or That on the ............................... day of ............................
20....., a receiving order was made for the protection of my estate by the .............................
(here insert the Court by which the receiving order was made)].

3. That the receiving order (or the order of adjudication) was published in the Gazette
on the ........................... day of .................................... 20.....

4. That the debt in respect of which the above judgment (or order) was given (or
made) was provable under the bankruptcy.

.................................................
Defendant

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FORM 10

CERTIFICATE BY REGISTRAR FOR DISCHARGE
OF JUDGMENT DEBTOR

DEBTORS ACT
In the ............................................................................................................................

Between .............................................................................................................. Plaintiff,
and ................................................................................................................... Defendant.

I hereby certify that the defendant who was committed to your custody by virtue
of an order of commitment under the seal of this Court (or the Petty Civil Court of
...................................... holden at ...................... ) bearing date the ........................... day
of .................................... 20..... , has filed an affidavit in this Court, stating that [here
insert statement in affidavit], and that the defendant may, in respect of such order, be
forthwith discharged out of your custody.

Given under the Seal of the Court this .................... day of ............................. 20......

To the Keeper of the Port-of-Spain Prison.

CERTIFICATE OF PAYMENT BY A PRISONER

DEBTORS ACT
No. .........................
Between ............................................................................................................. Plaintiff,
and .................................................................................................................. Defendant.

I hereby certify that the defendant who was committed to your (or my) custody by
virtue of an order of commitment under the Seal of this Court bearing date the
......................... day of ..................................... has paid and satisfied the sum of money
for the non-payment whereof he was so committed, together with all costs due and
payable by him in respect thereof, and that the defendant may in respect of such order be
forthwith discharged out of your custody (or has in respect of such order been discharged
out of my custody).

Given under the Seal of the Court (or dated) this ............................. day of
............................ 20.....

To the Keeper of the Port-of-Spain Prison.

..............................................
Registrar

..............................................
Registrar

(or Keeper of the Port-of-Spain Prison)

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FORM 11

CERTIFICATE OF PAYMENT BY A PRISONER

DEBTORS ACT

In the .................................................................................................................................
Between .............................................................................................................. Plaintiff,
and ..................................................................................................................Defendant.

I hereby certify that the defendant, who was committed to my (or your) custody by
virtue of an order of commitment under the Seal of this Court (or of the Petty Civil Court
of ....................................... holden at ........................ ) bearing date the ...............................
day of ........................................ 20..... , has paid and satisfied the sum of money for the
non-payment whereof he was so committed, together with all costs due and payable by
him in respect thereof; (add, where the certificate is sent by the Registrar, and that the
defendant may, in respect of such order, be forthwith discharged out of your custody).

Dated (or given under the Seal of the Court) this ................ day of .....................20.....

To the Keeper of the Port-of-Spain Prison.

...............................................
Registrar

Keeper of the Port-of-Spain Prison (or Registrar)

FORM 12

REQUEST BY CREDITOR FOR DISCHARGE
OF PRISONER

DEBTORS ACT
In the .................................................................................................................................
Between ............................................................................................................. Plaintiff,
and ................................................................................................................... Defendant.

I, the undersigned A.B., the plaintiff in this action, request that the defendant C.D.,
if still in custody, may be discharged.

To the Registrar.

............................................
Plaintiff

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FORM 13

CERTIFICATE FOR DISCHARGE OF PRISONER AT
REQUEST OF CREDITOR

DEBTORS ACT
In the .................................................................................................................................
Between .............................................................................................................. Plaintiff,
and ................................................................................................................... Defendant.

I hereby certify that C.D., ............................ who was committed to your custody by
virtue of an order of commitment under the seal of this Court (or of the Petty Civil Court
of .................... holden at .................................. ) bearing date the ....................... day of
.................................... 20...... , may in respect of such order, be forthwith discharged
out of your custody.

To the Keeper of the Port-of-Spain Prison.

........................................
Registrar

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FORM 14

AFFIDAVIT FOR LEAVE TO ISSUE JUDGMENT
SUMMONS AGAINST DEFENDANT OUT OF

THE DISTRICT
No. of Plaint ......................
In the District Court of .....................................................................................................
Between .............................................................................................................. Plaintiff,
and ................................................................................................................... Defendant.

I (a) ................................ of (a) ..................................... the above-named plaintiff,
(or, I, (a) ................................. of (a) ......................... ) make oath and say as follows:

1. On the ........................ day of ........................................... 20...... , I ( ........... )
obtained judgment (or an order) in this Court for the sum of $ ............................. (or for
$ ............................... including costs) against the above-named defendant (or plaintiff)
and the same (or $ ..................... part thereof) is still unsatisfied (and ...............................
instalments of .................................. are now in arrear).

2. The said defendant (b) (or plaintiff) was at the date of the issue of the summons in
the action in which the said judgment (or order) was obtained living (or carrying on
business) at .................................................... within the district of this Court (or out of
the district of this Court as the case may be).

3. The said defendant now lives at .......................... in a house, (or shop) apparently
of the yearly rent or value of $ ......................

4. The said defendant carries on the business of a (c) ............................. in a (c)
................................. at (d) .................................. (or 4. The said defendant is now employed
as a ................................. at (e) .................................. and earns .............................
per week).

5. The said defendant is unmarried (or is married and has children, of whom ..............
work and earn wages) (f).

6. I apply to the Court for leave to issue a judgment summons against the said
defendant in respect of the non-payment of the said sum of .................................. remaining
unsatisfied and in arrear as above mentioned.

Sworn at ................................. in the County of ............................ this ............................
day of ........................... two thousand and ..................., Before me, ......................................

(Order to be placed at foot of affidavit.)
I do hereby order that the above-named ( .................... ) be at liberty to issue a judgment

summons out of this Court against the above-named ...............................

.......................................
Judge

Rule 31.

(a) State name,
residence and
occupation.

(b) If there are
more defendants
than one, name
the defendant
against whom
plaintiff desires
to proceed. If a
master (c) State
what. (d) State
where, and any
circumstances
showing that the
business is
profitable or that
he has means to
pay. If a
workman (e)
State the name
and place of
business of his
employer, if
known. (f) Or, if
these facts are
not known, state
that the
deponent does
not know them.

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