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Formal Consolidation |  2006 RevEd
Enforcement of directions of Commission in District Court
85.—(1)  For the purposes of enforcement of any direction made by the Commission under section 67 or 69, the Commission may apply for the direction to be registered in a District Court in accordance with the Rules of Court and the District Court shall register the direction in accordance with the Rules of Court.
(2)  From the date of registration of a direction under subsection (1), the direction shall be of the same force and effect, and all proceedings may be taken on the direction, for the purposes of enforcement as if it had been an order originally obtained in the District Court which shall have power to enforce it accordingly.
(3)  A District Court shall have jurisdiction to enforce any direction in accordance with subsection (2) regardless of the monetary amount involved.
[AML 1999 Ed., s. 53 (2) to (4)]
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 23 of 2007
Enforcement of directions of Commission and commitments in District Court
85.—(1)  For the purposes of enforcement of any direction made by the Commission under section 58A, 67 or 69, or any commitment accepted by the Commission under section 60A and which it has not released, the Commission may apply for the direction or commitment to be registered in a District Court in accordance with the Rules of Court and the District Court shall register the direction or commitment in accordance with the Rules of Court.
(2)  From the date of registration of any direction or commitment under subsection (1), the direction or commitment shall be of the same force and effect, and all proceedings may be taken on the direction or commitment, for the purposes of enforcement as if it had been an order originally obtained in the District Court which shall have power to enforce it accordingly.
(3)  A District Court shall have jurisdiction to enforce any direction or commitment in accordance with subsection (2) regardless of the monetary amount involved and may, for the purpose of enforcing such direction or commitment, make any order —
(a)to secure compliance with the direction or commitment; or
(b)to require any person to do any thing to remedy, mitigate or eliminate any effects arising from —
(i)any thing done which ought not, under the direction or commitment, to have been done; or
(ii)any thing not done which ought, under the direction or commitment, to have been done,
which would not have occurred had the direction or commitment been complied with.
(4)  Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as conferring upon the District Court any power to order the winding up of a company.
[23/2007 wef 01/07/2007]