Small Claims Court Act (CAP. 10A)

Section 37 of Small Claims Court Act (CAP. 10A): Enforcement of orders to pay money

(1) Every order made by the Court requiring a party to pay money shall be enforced in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(2) Where an application is made to the Court for the issue of any process to enforce an order requiring a party to pay money to another as an alternative to compliance with a work order, that Court shall give notice of application to the party against whom enforcement is sought.
(3) If the party referred to in subsection (2) does not file in the Court within the period prescribed for so doing a notice of objection in the prescribed form, the order may, after the expiry of that period, be enforced pursuant to subsection (1).
(4) The notice referred to in subsection (3) may only be given on the ground that it is the belief of the party that the order of the Court has been fully complied with and that the party therefore disputes the entitlement of the applicant to enforce it.
(5) If the party against whom enforcement is sought files the notice referred to in subsection (3) within the prescribed period, the matter shall be determined as provided under section 40 .
(6) No filing fee shall be payable by a person who seeks to enforce an order pursuant to subsection (1) but any fee which would otherwise be payable shall be included in and be considered as part of the award of the Court and shall be recoverable from the opposite party for the credit of the Consolidated Fund.

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