ENACTMENT NO. 5 OF 1984
SYARIAH CIVIL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 1984

PART XXI - RATEABLE DISTRIBUTION



Section 164. Method of subsequent attachmenr, ect.

(1) Any property attached by way of execution by any Court whether physically taken into the Court's custody or not, shall be deemed to have been seized by the Court and shall not thereafter be seized at the instance of any other person, but any subsequent order or warrant for the attachment or seizure of the same property by the same Court or any other Court, whether in the same or another place, or a certified copy thereof, may be delivered to the bailiff by whom the property was seized and shall thereupon operate and have effects as an attachment for the purpose of this Part.

(2) In the case of any property which cannot be taken into the physical custody of the bailiff or other officer of the Court, any prohibitory or similar document for the purpose of protecting the interests of a subsequent attaching creditor may be served or registered and shall have effect in accordance with subsection (1).

(3) If the property is released from the prior attachment, it shall be deemed to have been attached and seized under the subsequent order or warrant.

(4) If the property remains under the prior attachment and no order for the sale of the property been made after two months of the attachment, the property shall be deemed to have been discharge from the prior attachment and subsection (3) shall apply.




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