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Mode of enforcing orders
Cap. 99, s. 87 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) A summary jurisdiction court in which an order has been registered under this Part or by which an order has been confirmed under this Part, and the officers of that court shall take all steps for enforcing the order as may be prescribed, and the order shall be enforceable in like manner as if it were a judgment for the payment of money under the District Courts (Procedure) Act, Cap. 97.
(2) If the order is of such a nature that if made by the court in which it is so registered, or by which it is so confirmed, it would be enforceable in like manner as an order of affiliation,
the order shall be so enforceable.
(3) A distress warrant or warrant of commitment issued by a summary jurisdiction court for the purpose of enforcing an order so registered or confirmed may be executed in any part of Belize.
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