# Courts Act 2003, Paragraph 273


In section 98(1) (protection of district judge of county court selling goods under execution without notice of claim by third party), for the words from “(b) no person” to “execution debtor” substitute—
“(b) no person shall be entitled to recover against the district judge or other officer, or anyone lawfully acting under his authority—
(i) for any sale of the goods, or
(ii) for paying over the proceeds prior to the receipt of a claim to the goods,
unless it is proved that the person from whom recovery is sought had notice, or might by making reasonable inquiry have ascertained, that the goods were not the property of the execution debtor.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/schedule/8/paragraph/273 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-273
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