Singapore legislation
Clause 44
Clause 44
Enforcement of judgments of District Courts
Subject to subsection (3) of section 43 of this Act and Rules of Court, a judgment or order of a District Court may be enforced in any of the following modes: —
if the judgment or order is for the recovery of money by, or the payment of money to, any person or into court by a District Court writ of seizure and sale or by an order of committal;
if the judgment or order is for the delivery of possession of immovable property, by writ of possession or by an order of committal; if the judgment is also for the recovery of money on account of rent or mesne profits or damages or costs such writ may include a direction to levy the said money and interest thereon by seizure and sale of the property of the person against whom the writ is to be enforced;
if the judgment or order is for the recovery of any property other than immovable property or money, by writ of delivery or by an order of committal; if the judgment or order is also for the recovery of damages or costs the writ of delivery may include a direction to levy the said damages and costs and interest thereon by seizure and sale of the property of the party against whom the judgment is to be enforced; and, at the option of the person entitled to enforce the judgment or order, it may further include a direction that if the property to be delivered under the judgment or order cannot be found, the assessed value thereof shall be levied by seizure and sale of the property of the person against whom the writ is to be enforced; and
if the judgment or order is for the doing by any person of any act other than the payment of money, or the abstaining from doing any act, by an order of committal.