South Australian Consolidated Acts

ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS ACT 1991 - SECT 11

11—Authority to take possession of property

        (1)         The court may, on application by a person in whose favour a judgment for recovery or delivery up of possession of property has been given, issue a warrant of possession authorising the sheriff to take possession of the property and deliver it into the applicant's possession.

        (2)         Where a warrant is issued under this section, the sheriff may—

            (a)         if the warrant relates to land—eject from the land any person who is not lawfully entitled to be on the land; or

            (b)         if the warrant relates to personal property—enter land and seize and take possession of that property, using appropriate means and such force as may be reasonably necessary in the circumstances.

        (3)         A person who resumes possession of land or other property that is taken from the person under this section commits a contempt of the court by which the warrant was granted.