Order restraining transfer or removal of property
14 Order restraining transfer or removal of property
(1) Upon an application made under section 13, a Court may make such order as it thinks fit.
(2) A Court must not make an order under subsection (1) unless it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that:
the debtor owes a debt to the applicant; and
(b) the debtor has an interest in property situated in the Territory; and
the property in which the debtor has an interest is about to be:
transferred; or
removed from the Territory; and
(d) failure to make the order would defeat, endanger or materially prejudice the applicant's prospects of recovering the debt; and
the debt:
is for wages due by the debtor to the applicant; or
is for an amount not less than the prescribed amount.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed amount
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Second reading speech
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