Section 149 — District Court Act 2016: Application for financial assessment hearing

149 Application for financial assessment hearing (1) This section applies if a judgment creditor applies, in a form approved by the chief executive, for a hearing (a financial assessment hearing ) for the judgment debtor or, if the judgment debtor is a body corporate, an officer of the judgment debtor to be questioned about the judgment debtor’s means for satisfying the judgment debt. (2) The court must issue a summons, in a form approved by the chief executive, requiring the judgment debtor or an officer of the judgment debtor to attend the hearing. (3) The court may also— (a) order any of the judgment debtor’s books or other documents to be produced at the hearing: (b) order that the hearing be held at a place other than in a court: (c) impose such other terms and conditions as the court thinks proper in respect of the hearing. (4) The summons must be served on the judgment debtor by a person referred to in section 208(3)(b) . (5) The court may cancel a hearing at the request of the judgment creditor. Compare: 1947 No 16 s 84E