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Sat 06 Jun 2009New law to allow courts to jail debtors who refuse to pay
THE GOVERNMENT is drafting legislation that will allow the courts to imprison debtors who have the financial means to pay their debts but refuse to do so.
This follows last week’s High Court ruling on financial debt that found that it was unconstitutional to commit a person to prison for the inability to pay a debt.
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