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Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act

Version of section 6 from 2019-06-21 to 2024-04-01:


Marginal note:Service binds Her Majesty

  •  (1) Subject to this Division, service on Her Majesty of a garnishee summons, together with a copy of the order against a debtor and an application in the prescribed form, binds Her Majesty 15 days after the day on which those documents are served.

  • Marginal note:When service is effective

    (2) A garnishee summons served on Her Majesty is of no effect unless it is served on Her Majesty in the first 45 days following the first day on which it could have been validly served on Her Majesty.

  • Marginal note:Her Majesty no longer bound

    (3) The garnishee summons ceases to bind Her Majesty after the periods and in the circumstances specified in the regulations.

  • R.S., 1985, c. G-2, s. 6
  • 1997, c. 1, s. 25
  • 2019, c. 16, s. 85

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