# Sheriffs Act 1887, Section 26: Declaration by bailiffs, &c.

Extent: E+W

Every deputy bailiff and officer of a sheriff or under-sheriff, and every other person who has authority or takes upon himself . . ., or to intermeddle with the execution of writs issued by any court of record, shall before he does so make a declaration . . .in the form in the Second Schedule to this Act, or to the like effect—
(a)before any judge of the High Court; or
(b)in the county in which he exercises his authority before a justice of the peace.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any enforcement officer or any person acting under the authority of an enforcement officer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/50-51/55/section/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887/section-26
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