MAGISTRATES COURTS ACT 1921 - SECT 3C
Appointment of bailiffs and bailiff’s assistants
MAGISTRATES COURTS ACT 1921 - SECT 3C
Appointment of bailiffs and bailiff’s assistants
3C Appointment of bailiffs and bailiff’s assistants
(1) A Magistrates Court shall from time to time appoint a bailiff or bailiffs
for the service and execution of the process, judgments, and orders authorised
by this Act.
(2) Such bailiff or bailiffs shall receive to their own use the
prescribed fees.
(3) A bailiff may appoint an appropriate person in writing
to assist the bailiff.
(4) The bailiff is responsible for the civil acts and
defaults of the assistant in the discharge or purported discharge of the
assistant’s duties as assistant.
(5) A registrar of a Magistrates Court may
give directions to a bailiff or bailiff’s assistant appointed under this
section about the discharge of the functions of the bailiff.
