1 [(1)] Where a decree is for the payment of money the decree-holder may apply to the Court for an order that (a) the judgment-debtor, or (b) 2 [where the judgment-debtor is a corporation] , any officer thereof, or (c) any other person, be orally examined as to whether any or what debts are owing to the judgment-debtor and whether the judgment-debtor has any and what other property or means of satisfying the decree; and the Court may make an order for the attendance and examination of such judgment-debtor, or officer or other person, and for the production of any books or documents. 3 [(2) Where a decree for the payment of money has remained unsatisfied for a period of thirty days, the Court may, on the application of the decree-holder and without prejudice to its power under sub-rule (1),. by order require the judgment-debtor or where the judgment-debtor is a corporation, any officer thereof, to make an affidavit stating the particulars of the assets of the judgment-debtor. (3) In case of disobedience of any order made under sub-rule (2), the Court making the order, or any Court to which the proceeding is transferred, may direct that the person disobeying the order be detained in the civil prison for a term not exceeding three months unless before the expiry of such term the Court directs his release.] 1. Rule 41 renumbered as sub-rule (1) by Act 104 of 1976, s. 72 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 2. Subs. by s. 72, ibid., for "in the case of a corporation" (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 3. Ins. by s. 72, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

1 [(1)] Where a decree is for the payment of money the decree-holder may apply to the Court for an order that (a) the judgment-debtor, or (b) 2 [where the judgment-debtor is a corporation] , any officer thereof, or (c) any other person, be orally examined as to whether any or what debts are owing to the judgment-debtor and whether the judgment-debtor has any and what other property or means of satisfying the decree; and the Court may make an order for the attendance and examination of such judgment-debtor, or officer or other person, and for the production of any books or documents. 3 [(2) Where a decree for the payment of money has remained unsatisfied for a period of thirty days, the Court may, on the application of the decree-holder and without prejudice to its power under sub-rule (1),. by order require the judgment-debtor or where the judgment-debtor is a corporation, any officer thereof, to make an affidavit stating the particulars of the assets of the judgment-debtor. (3) In case of disobedience of any order made under sub-rule (2), the Court making the order, or any Court to which the proceeding is transferred, may direct that the person disobeying the order be detained in the civil prison for a term not exceeding three months unless before the expiry of such term the Court directs his release.] 1. Rule 41 renumbered as sub-rule (1) by Act 104 of 1976, s. 72 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 2. Subs. by s. 72, ibid., for "in the case of a corporation" (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 3. Ins. by s. 72, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).