A statement that consideration would be given to whether a debtor was unable to meet his debts by circumstances arising out of the war was made by Mr R. C. Abernethy, S.M.. in the Invercargill Magistrate’s Court. Referring to proceedings for debt. Mr Abernethy said it was proposed to institute a uniform system covering the procedure to be followed under the Court’s Emergency Powers Regulations. 1939. It was expected that the methods would be fixed for all Courts in the Dominion. In the meantime, he said, a judgment creditor would have to file an affidavit in support of his summons which would have to be served on the debtor and the time fixed for the hearing. At the hearing it would be decided whether the debtor was unable to meet the debt by circumstances arising directly or indirectly out of the war.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 October 1939, Page 2
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