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Fourth Session, 46th General Assembly

60 Elizabeth II, 2011

BILL 11

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SHERIFF'S ACT, 1991

Received and Read the First Time...................................................................................................

Second Reading.................................................................................................................................

Committee............................................................................................................................................

Third Reading.....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE FELIX COLLINS

Minister of Justice and Attorney General

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend subsection 19(6) of the Sheriff's Act, 1991 to reflect the increase in the monetary jurisdiction of the Provincial Court, Small Claims Division from $5,000 to $25,000.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SHERIFF'S ACT, 1991

Analysis


        1.   S.19 Amdt.
Finance


Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL1991 c39
as amended

        1. Subsection 19(6) of the Sheriff's Act, 1991 is repealed and the following substituted:

             (6)  Where the minister is not satisfied of the applicant's entitlement to the money and refuses to direct the Minister of Finance to pay it to the applicant, the applicant may, within 15 days of the minister's decision, apply to a judge of

             (a)  the Provincial Court, where the amount is $25,000 or less; or

             (b)  the Trial Division, where the amount is greater than $25,000,

for an order and the judge of the Provincial Court or the Trial Division may issue an order

             (c)  stating that the person is legally entitled to the money; and

             (d)  directing the Minister of Finance to pay over to the person the money and interest that are set out in the order.