Distress for rent exceeding $14,400 per annum

(1) The remedy of distress for rent in the common law of England shall be available to every landlord in relation to tenancies in respect of which the rent reserved exceeds fourteen thousand four hundred dollars per annum. (2) If the landlord does not himself distrain in person, the distress shall be levied by a certified bailiff. (3) No person shall act as a bailiff to levy any distress for rent under this section unless he or she is authorised to act as a bailiff by a certificate in writing under the hand of a magistrate and such certificate may be general or apply to a particular distress or distresses and may be granted in such manner and for such duration as may be prescribed by rules under the Inferior Courts Act, Cap. 94. (4) A certificate granted to a bailiff by a magistrate may at any time be cancelled. (5) If any person not holding a certificate under this section levies a distress, he or she and any person who has authorised him or her so to levy shall be deemed to have committed a trespass, and, without prejudice to that civil liability, such person commits an offence and on conviction thereof under the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act, Cap. 98 and Summary Jurisdiction (Procedure) Act, Cap. 99, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. 32