South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts32—Distress may be secured and sold on premises
(1) Any landlord or
his agent may impound or otherwise secure goods distrained for rent, in such
place, or on such part of the premises subject to the rent, as are most fit
and convenient for impounding and securing them, and may sell and dispose of
them upon the premises, or, where the goods cannot be advantageously disposed
of upon the said premises, may remove them to some more convenient place for
disposal.
(2) Any other person
or persons may, after the expiration of the five days hereinbefore mentioned,
come and go to and from the place or part of the said premises where the goods
are impounded and secured in order to view or buy the goods, or remove them on
account of the purchaser thereof.
(3) If any rescue or
pound breach is made of any goods distrained, the person aggrieved thereby
shall, in an action for the wrong sustained, recover damages and costs against
the offender or offenders, or any or either of them, or against the immediate
tenant or the owner of the goods distrained, if the goods afterwards have come
to his use or possession.