ENACTMENT No. 2 Of 1984 ISLAMIC CIVIL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 1979
PART XXI - JUDGMENT DEBTORS SUMMONS, WARRANT OF ARREST, ETC.
Section 168. Deposit before order of committal.
(1) Before any order of committal is executed the judgment creditor shall deposit with the bailiff a sum sufficient to provide for the subsistance of the debtor for a period of 14 days, or for the period of imprisonment if less than 14 days, at such rate as may be prescribed by the Minister.
(2) Where the debtor is liable to be detained in prison for a period exceeding 14 days the judgment creditor shall, at or before the end of the first 14 days, deposit with the bailiff a further sum as aforesaid to provide for the subsistence of the debtor for the next ensuing 14 days, and shall continue to make such deposit in advance at or before the end of each successive period of 14 days, so long as the debtor is detained in prison.
(3) A person so imprisoned shall be released forthwith upon payment of the amount stated in the warrant of committal. An order of release shall be in the form provided.