Section 4: Jurisdiction over State debts
consolidated text (as at 1994, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
4. Jurisdiction over State debts
(1) The Magistrate for Rodrigues shall have jurisdiction in all cases of
taxes, rents or civil debts of any kind due to the State in Rodrigues, irrespective of the amount of the taxes, rents or civil debts.
(2) Where a plaint is entered for the recovery of any such taxes, rents or
civil debts, the Magistrate for Rodrigues may, after satisfying himself that
such order ought to be granted, issue an order for the provisional seizure of
the movables of the defendant.
[S. 4 amended by Act 48 of 1991.]