Where a person has obtained a judgment or order for the payment by some other person (hereinafter referred to as the judgment debtor) of money, the court may, on an application made without notice being served on any other party by the person entitled to enforce the judgment or order, order the judgment debtor or, if the judgment debtor is a body corporate, an officer thereof, to attend before such Master, Registrar, district judge or nominated officer as the court may appoint and be orally examined on the questions -
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whether any and, if so, what debts are owing to the judgment debtor; and
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whether the judgment debtor has any and, if so, what other property or means of satisfying the judgment or order;
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and the court may also order the judgment debtor or officer to produce any books or documents in the possession of the judgment debtor relevant to the questions aforesaid at the time and place appointed for the examination.
In this paragraph district judge includes the district judge of a district registry or county court, and where the court appoints such a district judge without specifying him personally, the examination may, if he thinks fit, be conducted on his behalf by a nominated officer of that registry or county court.
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