The Short Title of this Act is “The Wages Attachment Act, 1895.”

From and after the coming into operation of this Act no order attaching or charging the wages of any workman shall be made by any Court, or any Judge or Magistrate, except as hereinafter mentioned.

If the amount of wages exceeds at the rate of two pounds per week, any surplus above that sum shall be liable to attachment as before the passing of this Act; but the costs or expenses of any such attachment shall not be chargeable against the workman unless by virtue of such attachment the creditor shall recover a sum equal to or greater than the amount of such costs and expenses.

This Act shall not affect any order now or which hereafter may be made under “The Industrial Schools Act, 1882,” or “The Destitute Persons Act, 1894.”

The word “workman” shall have the meaning assigned to it by “The Workmen’s Wages Act, 1893.”