Attachment of moneys payable by the Crown

(1) Where any money is payable by the Crown to some person who, under any order of any court, is liable to pay any money to any other person, and that person would, if the money so payable by the Crown were money payable by a subject, be entitled under rules of court to obtain an order for attachment thereof as a debt due or accruing due, or an order for the appointment of a sequestrator or receiver to receive the money on his behalf, the Supreme Court may, subject to this Act and in accordance with rules of court, make an order restraining the first-mentioned person from receiving that money and directing Crown Proceedings Act 27 payment thereof to that other person, or to the sequestrator or receiverprovided that no such order shall be made in respect of– (a) any wages or salary payable to any officer of the Crown as such; (b) any money which is subject to the provisions of any enactment prohibiting or restricting assignment or charging or taking in execution; or (c) any money payable by the Crown to any person on account of a deposit in the Government Savings Bank. (2) The provisions of the preceding sub-section shall, so far as they relate to forms of relief falling within the jurisdiction of a district court, have effect in relation to district courts as they have effect in relation to the Supreme Court, but with the substitution of a reference to district court rules for any reference in the said sub-section to rules of court.