Building Societies Act, 1989

Judgments against a society.

121.—(1) Whenever a person (in this section referred to as a judgment creditor) obtains in any court a judgment, order or decree against a building society for the payment of a sum of money due to the judgment creditor by the society, the registrar or clerk of the court concerned shall notify the Central Bank as soon as may be of the judgment, order or decree and of its terms and of any appeal against the judgment, order or decree and of the result thereof.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), if within the period of 21 days beginning on the date of the judgment, order or decree, the society does not pay all moneys due (or in the case of costs, at the option of the society, give security therefor in lieu of payment) or satisfy all claims under the judgment, order or decree, the society shall be deemed to be unable to meet its obligations to its creditors and, for the purposes of section 109 , to be unable to pay its debts.

(3) If an appeal is instituted in any court against the judgment, order or decree, that court or the court by which the judgment, order or decree was made may by order postpone the application of subsection (2) for such period and, subject to subsection (4), on such terms as the court concerned may fix and specify in the order.

(4) If a court makes an order under subsection (3), it may require the society to which the order relates either, as that court thinks fit, to lodge in court an amount equal to the amount of all moneys due under the judgment, order or decree (or such lesser amount as the court may direct) or to give such security as the court may determine for the payment to the judgment creditor of all such moneys, together with, in either case, such further sum or security for the costs of the appeal as the court shall consider just.

(5) An order under subsection (3) may be varied or revoked by the court that made it or before which an appeal in relation to it is brought.