HIGH COURT PROCEDURE.
No. 63 of 1933.
An Act to amend the High Court Procedure Act 1903-1925.
[Assented to 15th December, 1933.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the High Court Procedure Act 1933.
(2.) The High Court Procedure Act 1903-1925 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the High Court Procedure Act 1903-1933.
Interest on judgments.
2. Section twenty-six a of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—
“26a.—(1.) Every judgment debt, the entry of which is dated as of a date prior to the commencement of this section, shall carry interest at the rate of Seven pounds per centum per annum from the date as of which the judgment is so entered.
(2.) Every judgment debt, the entry of which is dated as of the date of, or as of a date subsequent to, the commencement of this section, shall carry interest at the rate of Five pounds per centum per annum from the date as of which the judgment is so entered.”.