# Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847, Section 192: Form of warrant of distress. Constables to assist in making distress.


The warrant of distress for the recovery of any rate made payable by this or the special Act may be in the form or to the effect mentioned in schedule (B.) to this Act annexed; and in all cases where a distress is hereby authorized to be made, every constable authorized by the warrant to levy any sum mentioned therein shall, upon being required by a collector of the rates, aid in making a distress or sale pursuant to such warrant; and every constable who refuses to do so shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £25level 1 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/34/section/192 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/towns-improvement-clauses-act-1847/section-192
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