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PARTNERSHIP ACT 1892 - SECT 23

Procedure against partnership property for a partner's separate judgment debt

23 Procedure against partnership property for a partner's separate judgment debt

(1) After the commencement of this Act a writ of execution shall not issue against any partnership property except on a judgment against the firm.
(2) The Supreme Court may, on the application of any judgment creditor of a partner, make an order charging that partner's interest in the partnership property and profits with payment of the amount of the judgment debt and interest thereon and may by the same or a subsequent order appoint a receiver of that partner's share of profits (whether already declared or accruing), and of any other money which may be coming to the partner in respect of the partnership, and direct all accounts and inquiries, and give all other orders and directions which might have been directed or given if the charge had been made in favour of the judgment creditor by the partner, or which the circumstances of the case may require.
(3) The other partner or partners shall be at liberty at any time to redeem the interest charged, or in the case of a sale being directed to purchase the same.
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to or in respect of an incorporated limited partnership.



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