# Sheriffs Act 1887, Section 7: Declaration of office.

Extent: E+W

(1) Every sheriff shall, before he enters on the execution of his office, make and subscribe a declaration in the form in the Second Schedule to this Act or to the like effect—
(a) before one of the judges of Her Majesty’s High Court; or
(b) in the county of which he is sheriff before a justice of the peace.
(2) Every sheriff shall continue to be and act as sheriff until his successor has made the said declaration and entered upon office.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/50-51/55/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887/section-7
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