Where the debtor has no fixed abode or where his residence or business establishment is in a
foreign country, the competent court to order attachment of the debtor’s property and settlement
of disputes arising therefrom shall be the court of the creditor’s residence.
The distrainor shall be the custodian of the property if, it is in his possession, otherwise a
custodian legis shall be appointed.
The applicable procedure shall be the one laid down for sequestration.
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Section 73 of the Acte uniforme portant organisation des procédures simplifiées de recouvrement et des voies d'exécution/akn/ohada/act/loi/undated/aupsrve-1998