Federal Courts Rules

Marginal note:Writ of sequestration and order of committal

• 429 (1) Where a person who is required by an order to perform an act within a specified time refuses or neglects to do so within that time, or where a person disobeys an order to abstain from doing an act, the order may, with the leave of the Court, be enforced by

  • (a) a writ of sequestration against the property of the person;

  • (b) where the person is a corporation, a writ of sequestration against the property of any director or officer of the corporation; and

  • (c) subject to subsection (2), in respect of an order other than for payment of money, an order of committal against the person or, if the person is a corporation, against any director or officer of the corporation.

• Marginal note:Limitation

  (2) Where under an order requiring the delivery of personal property or movables a person who is liable to execution has the alternative of paying an amount equal to the value of the personal property or movables, the order shall not be enforced by an order of committal.