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Procedure by Registrar
Cap. 91, s. 79 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) When any process is to be served or any judgment executed by any non-commissioned officer of police, the Registrar shall forward the writ and by Registrar other necessary papers to the magistrate of the district wherein such non- commissioned police officer is stationed, who shall hand or forward them to the non-commissioned officer, for the necessary action.
(2) The Registrar shall, together with the writ and other papers, forward42
(a) a list of the writ and other papers so forwarded,
which, if it is correct, shall be initialed by the magistrate and returned to the Registrar;
(b) an envelope addressed and, if necessary,
stamped, for the return of the writ and other papers; and
(c) a form of the proper return or indorsation to be made on the writ or other document in question.
(3) The non-commissioned officer of police serving or executing such process in such district shall, after taking the necessary action, make the proper return or indorsation on the writ and return the same with any other relevant papers to the magistrate, who shall forthwith return them to the Registrar.
(4) All writs and other papers forwarded by any one of the officers mentioned in this section to any other of those officers may be forwarded by registered post.
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