Section 9: Payment of sums on order

9. Payment of sums on order (1) Where a sum is payable out of funds deposited in the office of the Master, by virtue of an order, whether for distribution or otherwise, granted either by the Master or by the Supreme Court, the Master shall, without delay, after the issuing of such order, cause to be forwarded to the Accountant-General an account as nearly as may be in the form set out in the First Schedule, stating the sums payable to the several parties concerned. (2) The payments to the said parties shall be made by the Master by way of cheque, in the form set out in the Second Schedule, on the AccountantGeneral payable to the party having right thereto, or his order. (3) The Accountant-General, on the presentation of any such cheque by any person representing himself to be the party named in it, or in the indorsement, shall pay out of the money in his hands belonging to the estate to which the cheque refers where the terms of the cheque correspond with the relative entry in the account regarding the estate. [Issue 1] D8 – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius (4) Every such cheque in the hands of the Accountant-General shall be a sufficient voucher for its payment, without regard to any question as to the person who paid in the cheque. FIRST SCHEDULE [Section 9] Supreme Court (or Master’s Office) Account No. IN RE ................... Distribution of the price of the estate ................. in the District of ...................... Account of sums payable to the several parties interested in the estate abovementioned, in virtue of judgment of the Supreme Court (or order of the Master of the Supreme Court), dated the ............... day of ...... 20 ....... Rs. Cs. No. 1 – Name of party and sum in words ................................... No. 2 – Name of party and sum in words ................................... No. 3 – Name of party and sum in words ................................... No. 4 – Name of party and sum in words ................................... The above account certified to be true and correct this day of ............20........, by me .................................................. Master and Registrar of the Supreme Court continued on page D8 – 4 D8 – 3 [Issue 1] Deposits (Supreme Court) Act SECOND SCHEDULE [Section 9] COUNTERFOIL ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF MONEY DEPOSITED IN THE HANDS OF THE MASTER OF THE SUPREME COURT SUPREME COURT SUPREME COURT (or Master’s office) (or Master’s office) Account No. ....................... Account No. ....................... Date .................................. Date .................................. IN RE IN RE Distribution of price of Distribution of the price of the estate ..... .......................................... in the District of .................................... Pay to .., or order, the sum of ........... on account of ......... his claim No. ........ on the above-mentioned estate. (Master’s initials) Rs To ..................................................... .......................................................... (Master’s signature) The Accountant-General [Issue 1] D8 – 4