Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)

Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 166B

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166B. (1) A judicial letter issued in terms of article 166A shall not constitute an executive title unless it is registered according to the provisions of this article which shall apply to the registration of such judicial letters as executive titles. (2) The applicant for the registration of a judicial letter which qualifies as an executive title shall present to the Registrar of the Court a legal copy of the judicial letter, including evidence of service, and a copy of any response received thereto, if any. (3) Upon receipt of the documents described in sub-article (2) the Registrar shall examine the documents presented and shall verify whether the debtor has filed a note of reply within the stipulated time and if he is satisfied that the conditions for the registration of the judicial letter as an executive title subsist he shall proceed to register the documents presented in a register to be known as the Register of Judicial Letters as Executive Titles which shall be maintained by the Registrar for the purposes of article 166A. Special summary proceedings. Repealed by: IX.1886.25. Re-enacted by: XV.1913.52. Amended by: XXXI.1934.28; VIII.1990.3; XXIV.1995.76; IV.1996.16; XXII.2005.25; VII.2007.14; XXXVII.2021.36.

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