Section 8 †Actual necessaries of judgment debtors not to be seized.C1C2
England and Wales
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1The wearing apparel and bedding of any judgment debtor or his family, and the tools and implements of his trade, the value of such apparel, bedding, tools, and implements not exceeding in the whole F2the prescribed value, shall not be liable to seizure under any execution or order of any court against his goods and chattels.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Recital omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1891 (c. 67)
- F2
Words substituted by Administration of Justice Act 1956 (c. 46), s. 37(1)(2)
Modifications
- C1
Unreliable marginal note.
- C2
“The prescribed value” means £20 or such larger amount as may be prescribed by order of Lord Chancellor: Administration of Justice Act 1956 (c. 46), s. 37(2)
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (1.7.1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), s. 125(7), Sch. 20; S.I. 1991/1364, art. 2,Sch.