# County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981, Rule 8: Discharge from custody

Extent: N.I.

(1) A debtor taken into custody under a committal order shall not be released from custody unless he pays to the constable or the governor of the prison to which he is committed the full amount of the debt or instalment in respect of which such order was made and the costs of the order or upon receipt by the governor of the certificate of discharge prescribed under paragraph (5).
(2) A constable or prison governor to whom a sum of money is paid by a debtor in accordance with paragraph (1) shall issue to the debtor a receipt therefor and shall endorse on the committal order a certificate of the amount he has received and the date thereof and the constable or prison governor shall sign his name at the foot of the certificate.
(3) Such sum shall be transmitted forthwith together with the committal order certified in accordance with paragraph (2) to the chief clerk of the court which issued the order and the amount of such sum shall be entered into a record book kept for the purposes of this Rule and then transmitted to the creditor or his solicitor forthwith.
(4) The creditor or his solicitor on receiving the sum transmitted to him by the chief clerk under paragraph (3) shall send him a receipt therefor.
(5) The certificate prescribed for the purposes of Article 109 of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 shall be in Form 176 signed by the solicitor for the creditor, or signed by the creditor and attested before a justice of the peace or a commissioner for oaths, that there has been paid to or on account of the creditor by or on behalf of the debtor—
(a) the debt or instalment in respect of which he was imprisoned;
(b) the costs of the committal order;
and the creditor or his solicitor shall, if the debtor so requires, furnish to the debtor a copy of such certificate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/40/chapter/3/rule/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-40/chapter-3/rule-8
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