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== Summary of the law== | == Summary of the law== | ||
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Imprisonment for debt was abolished in British Columbia well over a hundred years ago. The principle that a person cannot be imprisoned for debt is specifically stated in s. 51 of the [http://canlii.ca/t/84h5 ''Court Order Enforcement Act'']. | Imprisonment for debt was abolished in British Columbia well over a hundred years ago. The principle that a person cannot be imprisoned for debt is specifically stated in s. 51 of the [http://canlii.ca/t/84h5 ''Court Order Enforcement Act'']. | ||
