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Appointment of certified bailiffs
Cap. 189, s. 63 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) The magistrate in charge of any judicial district may appoint such and so many fit and proper persons as certified bailiffs as may be necessary in that district to expedite the execution of distress warrants and warrants to give possession of land or buildings to former landlords.
(2) A certified bailiff shall by virtue of his appointment be a special constable and have all the powers and immunities of such a constable, and he shall be paid for each execution such sum as may from time to time be prescribed by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette.
(3) For the purpose of the execution of any such warrant, a certified bailiff shall have the same powers and authorities as a bailiff of the court.
Amended by: 40 of 1963
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