Fiji Statutory interest on judgment debts
Fiji Statutory interest on judgment debts is 4 percent, in force since 28 Oct 2011. Last checked against the official source on 10 Aug 2026.
Fiji's statutory rate on judgment debts: 4% per annum under section 4 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Death and Interest) Act [Cap. 27], inserted by Decree No. 46 of 2011 — with no interest at all payable on judgments against the State.
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| Current value | 4 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2011-10-28 |
| Official source | Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Death and Interest) Act [Cap. 27] (Fiji), s. 4(1) as inserted by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Death and Interest) (Amendment) Decree 2011 (Decree No. 46 of 2011), s. 2: 'Every Judgment Debt shall carry interest at the rate of four cents per centum per annum from time of entering up the Judgment until the same shall be satisfied, and such interest may be levied under a Writ of Execution on such Judgment'; s. 4(3): 'no interest shall be payable on any Judgment Debt entered in any proceedings against the State, or the Attorney-General' |
| Last verified | 2026-08-10 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. Operative text read from the gazetted amending instrument (Decree No. 46 of 2011) as published by PacLII, the only public full-text source reachable for Fiji sessional legislation; the official Laws of Fiji portal (laws.gov.fj) serves its consolidations only through a client-side application that could not be retrieved. The Decree commenced on publication in the Gazette; the effective date served is the date the Decree was made (28 October 2011), the Gazette issue date having not been verified. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
SCOPE — POST-JUDGMENT only, at 4% per annum, running from the time judgment is entered up until it is satisfied and leviable under a writ of execution. Fiji has no statutory late-payment interest on commercial invoices: outside contract, a creditor gets interest only through the court. THE STATE EXCEPTION IS THE BIG TRAP: s. 4(3) provides that notwithstanding the section, the State Proceedings Act or any other written law, NO interest is payable on a judgment debt entered in proceedings against the State or the Attorney-General. A money judgment against a Fijian government defendant carries 0%, not 4%. THE COURT CAN SWITCH IT OFF: s. 4(2) allows rules of court to provide for the court to disallow all or part of the interest otherwise payable — so 4% is the default, not an absolute entitlement. DRAFTING QUIRK: the Decree's operative words are 'four cents per centum per annum'; this is read and applied as four per centum (4%) per annum. BEFORE 2011 THERE WAS NO STATUTORY POST-JUDGMENT RATE — Cap. 27 as originally enacted (Ordinance No. 7 of 1935) contained only three sections and no judgment-debt provision; s. 4 was inserted by Decree No. 46 of 2011, made 28 October 2011 and in force on its publication in the Gazette. Judgments entered before that date are not governed by this section. PRE-JUDGMENT INTEREST IS DISCRETIONARY: s. 3 lets the court, if it thinks fit, include in the judgment sum interest 'at such rate as it thinks fit' on all or part of the debt or damages for all or part of the period between accrual of the cause of action and judgment, subject to the usual three carve-outs — no interest upon interest, no application where interest is payable as of right by agreement or otherwise, and no effect on damages for dishonour of a bill of exchange. There is no fixed pre-judgment percentage. Section 3 is worded as a power of the 'Supreme Court', which is the pre-1990 name of what is now the High Court of Fiji. Simple interest; no compounding provision. No civil/commercial split.
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