Short title
s 1
This Act may be cited as the Debtors Act 1957.
Debtors Act 1957 Part I — Preliminary
Interpretation
s 2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “appropriate officer” means in respect of any court the officer authorized by law to execute any judgment of such court; “court” means the court in which the original proceedings were commenced; being the High Court, a Sessions Court or a Magistrates’ Court; “Federal officer” means any officer employed or deemed to be employed by the Government of Malaysia; “judgment” includes any decree, order or decision for the payment of money; “Peninsular Malaysia” has the meaning assigned thereto in section 3 of the Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967 [Act 388], and includes the *Federal Territory. “State officer” means any officer employed by a State Government whose conditions of employment do not render him liable for service outside that State; “the State”, in subsection 6(1), paragraph 15(1)(a), (b) and (c) and paragraph 19(1)(a), means— (a) Sabah; (b) Sarawak; or (c) Peninsular Malaysia, as the case may be, where the court is situated; *NOTE—“Federal Territory” refers to the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Labuan–see P.U. (A) 220/1985.
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