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Satisfaction of civil judgments against prison officers

Cap. 139, s. 28 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) When any judgment is obtained in any civil court against any prison officer, no execution shall be issued thereon, but a certificate setting out the full particulars thereof and the nature of the action in which the judgment was obtained, shall be forwarded to the Superintendent by the Registrar or clerk, as the case may be, of the court in which the judgment has been obtained, and the Superintendent shall make such order thereon as to the mode and manner in which the judgment shall be satisfied by the prison officer as to him may seem proper. (2) The Superintendent shall, pursuant to an order made under subsection (1), cause the amount of such judgment, including costs, to be deducted from the pay of such prison officer and shall pay the amount or amounts so deducted as aforesaid to the Registrar or clerk of court as the case may be, to be applied by such officer in satisfaction of the judgment according to law. (3) This section shall not apply when any prison officer has left the prison service.
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Satisfaction of civil judgments against prison officers — Cap. 139 s. 28 · Belize Law