--(1) This Part provides a procedure under which a judgment creditor can recover the amount of the judgment debt from a person who owes the judgment debtor money.
--(2) The person who is said to owe the judgment debtor money is called "the garnishee".
--(3) An order of the court is required. This order is called an "attachment of debts order".
--(4) The attachment of debts order may require the garnishee to pay enough to satisfy the fixed costs of the attachment of debts proceedings as well as the judgment debt.
--(The fixed costs are set out in Appendix A to Part 67)
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