SUPREME COURT ACT 1986 - SECT 93 Restrictions on execution of order

SUPREME COURT ACT 1986 - SECT 93

The sheriff, a deputy sheriff or any other officer having the execution of an order to arrest must not arrest a defendant on an order taken out by a plaintiff in person unless at or before the time of making the arrest—

S. 93(a) amended by No. 35/1996 s. 453(Sch. 1 item 80.10).

        (a)     the order is delivered to the sheriff, deputy sheriff or other officer by a legal practitioner or the clerk of a legal practitioner or an agent authorised in writing by a legal practitioner; and

S. 93(b) amended by No. 35/1996 s. 453(Sch. 1 item 80.10).

        (b)     the order is endorsed, in the presence of the sheriff, deputy sheriff or other officer, with the name and place of residence of the legal practitioner by the legal practitioner, clerk or agent delivering it.

No. 6387 s. 133.