ORDER 46 : ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN NEWSPAPER LIBEL ACTIONS

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1. Where a successful plaintiff in an action for libel in a newspaper is desirous of obtaining an order under Section 64 of the Civil Wrongs Laws, Cap. 9, he shall apply by summons to the Court which gave the judgment accompanied by-

(a) an affidavit. (Form 44);

(b) an office copy of the judgment in the action;

(c) a certificate of the costs allowed in the action, if the amount of such costs does not appear on the copy of the judgment;

(d) an office copy of the return to the writ of execution on the defendant's movable property;

(e) an office copy of the final account showing the return to the writ of execution (if any) on the defendant's immovable property;

(f) a certificate of the Land Registry Office showing the immovable property standing registered in the defendant's name for his place of residence; and

(g) a copy of the bond referred to in the said section, certified by the Colonial Secretary to be a true copy, together with a similarly certified copy of any document embodying the security (if any) given for such bond.

2. (i) Where the Court makes an order that the judgment be enforced against a signatory of the bond referred to in the said section, such order shall operate as a judgment against him and may be enforced and executed accordingly.

(ii) Where the Court makes an order for execution to be levied against the security referred to in the said section, it may at any time give such directions in relation to the order as the nature of the case may require, and the Registrar shall, at the applicant's expense, take all the necessary steps for carrying out the Court's order and directions.