▁European ▁Convention ▁and ▁the ▁Ex plan atory ▁Report ▁on ▁the ▁Four th ▁Pro tocol ▁to ▁the ▁European ▁Convention , ▁was ▁that ▁they ▁strongly ▁rep udi ate ▁the ▁core ▁element ▁of ▁the ▁institution ▁of ▁civil ▁imprison ment : ▁the ▁lock ing ▁up ▁of ▁people ▁merely ▁because ▁they ▁fail ▁to ▁pay ▁contract ual ▁deb ts . ▁There ▁was , ▁however , ▁a ▁" pen um bra " ▁rel ating ▁to ▁money ▁pay ments ▁in ▁which ▁imprison ment ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁appropri ately ▁defined ▁circumstances . ▁ ▁Sach s ▁J ' s ▁conclus ions , ▁on ▁this ▁point , ▁were ▁as ▁follows : ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁Law ▁Commission ▁says ▁comm itt al ▁of ▁judgment ▁deb t ors ▁is ▁an ▁anom aly ▁that ▁cannot ▁be ▁just ified ▁and ▁should ▁be ▁abol ished ; ▁when ▁it ▁is ▁common ▁cause ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁general ▁international ▁move ▁away ▁from ▁imprison ment ▁for ▁civil ▁deb t , ▁of ▁which ▁the ▁present ▁comm itt al ▁proceed ings ▁are ▁an ▁adapted ▁re lic ; ▁when ▁such ▁imprison ment ▁has ▁been ▁abol ished ▁in ▁South ▁Africa , ▁save ▁for ▁its ▁cont ested ▁form ▁as ▁cont empt ▁of ▁court ▁in ▁the ▁magistr ate ' s ▁court ; ▁when ▁the ▁cla uses ▁concerned ▁have ▁already ▁been ▁interpreted ▁by ▁the ▁Cour ts ▁as ▁restrict ively ▁as ▁possible , ▁without ▁their ▁constitution ally ▁off ensive ▁core ▁being ▁e vis cer ated ; ▁when ▁other ▁tried ▁and ▁tested ▁methods ▁exist ▁for ▁recovery ▁of ▁deb t ▁from ▁those ▁in ▁a ▁position ▁to ▁pay ; ▁when ▁the ▁viol ation