Part 1 — General
2 General principles
enforcement proceedings:
(a) except as otherwise provided for in another enactment,
(i) a money judgment may only be enforced, and
(ii) a seizure or eviction may only be carried out,
in accordance with this Act;
(b) except as otherwise provided for in this or any other
enactment, all property of an enforcement debtor is subject
to writ proceedings under this Act;
RSA 2000
(c) on registration of a writ in the Personal Property Registry,
that writ may be enforced, and any civil enforcement
proceedings in respect of that writ may be carried out,
anywhere in Alberta;
(d) except as otherwise specifically provided by this or any
other Act, all writ proceedings are deemed to be taken on
behalf of and for the benefit of all the enforcement creditors
of an enforcement debtor;
(e) except as provided in any other enactment, a person may not
be arrested or imprisoned for default in payment of a money
judgment;
(f) subject to clauses (h) and (i) and Part 2, anything done by an
agency or a bailiff with the written consent of all interested
persons is deemed to have been done in accordance with this
Act;
(g) all rights, duties and functions of creditors, agencies and
bailiffs under this Act must be exercised or discharged in
good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner;
(h) any waiver by a debtor of any right or duty under this Act is
void if it was given before the right or duty arose;
(i) a waiver by a debtor of any exemption given by this Act is
void;
(j) nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prevent a
judgment creditor from soliciting or accepting payment
from a judgment debtor.
RSA 2000 cC-15 s2;2009 c53 s2