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Chapter: | 336
 | Title: | DISTRICT COURT ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 247 of 2000 |
| Section: | 49 | Heading: | Interest on claims for debt and damages | Version Date: | 01/09/2000 |
(1) The Court may include simple interest, at the rate the Court thinks fit in a judgment for a debt or damages, on the debt or damages or on a payment made before judgment, for the period between the date when the cause of action arose and-
- (a) for a sum paid before judgment, the date of the payment; and
(b) for the sum for which judgment is given, the date of the judgment.
(3) In a judgment given for damages for personal injuries or arising out of the death of a person which exceed $30000, the Court has, unless the Court is satisfied that there are special reasons to the contrary, to include simple interest at the rate the Court thinks fit on-
- (a) payment made before judgment, for the period between the date when the cause of action arose and the date of the payment; and
(b) any other sum for which judgment is given, for the period between the date when the cause of action arose and the date of the judgment.
(5) Interest in respect of a debt shall not be awarded under this section for a period during which, for whatever reason, interest on the debt already runs.
(6) Interest under this section may be calculated at different rates for different periods.
(7) In determining, for the purposes of section 32, 33, 36 or 37, whether an amount exceeds or is less than the amount specified in those sections, the Court shall not take account of any interest that may be ordered under this section or of any order for interest made under this section.
(8) This section does not affect the damages recoverable for the dishonour of a bill of exchange.
(9) In this section-
"defendant" (被告人) means the person from whom the plaintiff seeks the debt or damages;
"plaintiff" (原告人) means the person seeking the debt or damages.
(Replaced 28 of 2000 s. 24)