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DISTRESS FOR RENT (BAILIFFS) ACT.<\/p>\n

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Section<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Interpretation. <\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Appointment of bailiffs under certificate of certifying officer. <\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Power of cancellation, etc. of certificate. <\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Penalty for acting without certificate. <\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a05.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Power to make rules. <\/a><\/p>\n

CHAPTER 76
DISTRESS FOR RENT (BAILIFFS) ACT.<\/p>\n

Commencement<\/i>: 30 June, 1933.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0An Act relatin<\/b><\/p>\n

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g to the appointment of bailiffs for the purposes of distress for rent.<\/b><\/p>\n

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<\/a>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Interpretation.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In this Act\u2014<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(a<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“bailiff”<\/b> means a bailiff for the purpose of distress for rent;<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(b<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“certifying officer”<\/b> means a chief magistrate and a magistrate grade I.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Appointment of bailiffs under certificate of certifying officer.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No person, other than a landlord in person, his or her attorney or the legal owner of a reversion, shall act as bailiff to levy any distress for rent unless he or she shall be authorised to act as bailiff by a certificate in writing under the hand of a certifying officer, and such certificate may be general or apply to a particular distress or distresses.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Power of cancellation, etc. of certificate.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A certificate so granted may at any time be cancelled or declared void by a certifying officer.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Penalty for acting without certificate.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Any person, required by this Act to hold a certificate as a bailiff, who levies distress for rent without being the holder of a certificate, is, without prejudice to any civil liability, liable to a fine not exceeding 200 shillings.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Power to make rules.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Minister may, on the advice of the Chief Justice, make rules\u2014<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(a<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0regulating conditions for the appointment of, and the duration of certificates granted, to bailiffs;<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(b<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0regulating the security, if any, to be required from bailiffs and the fees, if any, payable by them;<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(c<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0regulating the fees, charges and expenses of bailiffs in and incidental to distress;<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(d<\/i>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0generally for better carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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History<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Legislation<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Number<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

68 {\/mprestriction}<\/p>\n

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