CIVIL PROCEDURE ACT 2005 - SECT 115 Effect of sale of property

CIVIL PROCEDURE ACT 2005 - SECT 115

115 Effect of sale of property

(cf Act No 8 1901, section 12)

(1) A sale of property by the Sheriff under this Part is as valid and effectual as if the property had been sold to the purchaser by the judgment debtor personally.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the sale of an equity of redemption or other equitable interest relating to land unless a deed of bargain and sale to the purchaser is duly executed by the Sheriff.

(3) In a deed of conveyance executed by the Sheriff in relation to any land, a statement to the effect that--

(a) the land has been sold under a writ for the levy of property, and

(b) the writ for the levy of property has been issued pursuant to a judgment of a court in relation to proceedings specified in the writ,

is admissible in any proceedings as evidence of those facts.