Law of Distress Amendment Act 1895
58 & 59 Vict. c. 24 · Enacted 6 July 1895 · Extends to United Kingdom
An Act to amend the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888.
[6th July 1895]
Contents
- 1Power to cancel bailiffs’ certificates.
- 2Penalty for acting without certificate.
- 3Duration of certificates.
- 4Unlawful distress.
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- 6Short title.
1Power to cancel bailiffs’ certificates.
2Penalty for acting without certificate.
If any person not holding a certificate for the time being in force under the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888, levies a distress contrary to the provisions of that Act, he shall without prejudice to any civil liability be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F1level 1 on the standard scale.
3Duration of certificates.
The power to make rules under the M1Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888 shall extend to making provision for fixing the duration of certificates granted, or to be hereafter granted, to bailiffs.
4Unlawful distress.
A court of summary jurisdiction, on complaint that goods or chattels exempt under section four of the M1Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888 from distress for rent, have been taken under such distress, may, by summary order, direct that the goods and chattels so taken, if not sold, be restored; or, if they have been sold, that such sum as the court may determine to be the value thereof shall be paid to the complainant by the person who levied the distress or directed it to be levied.
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6Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1895.