ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1883.
Distraints for Rent,
or lease had not been ended or determined; provided that such distress be made during the continuance of the possession of the tenant from whom such arrears became due.
30. No personal property shall be removed from any premises under any writ from any Court other than writs in Crown suits, till the claim for rent due to the landlord or lessor or person entitled to receive the rent, is satisfied; provided that such claim shall not in any case exceed the amount due for six months' rent last due.
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Writs in Crown suits and distress to have precedence.
Property seized under writ or warrant of Supreme Court.
31. If personal property, otherwise liable to distress for rent, shall, at the time of the issue of any distress warrant, or thereafter before seizure by the bailiff under such warrant be seized under any writ or warrant of the Supreme Court, the said bailiff shall not seize such personal property, but shall return the warrant into Court and deliver copies thereof to the execution creditor or his agent and to the debtor either personally or by leaving the same at the place where the goods were seized, and such execution creditor or debtor or either of them may apply to the Court to discharge or suspend the warrant within the time and in the manner mentioned in section 20, and should no such application be made within the said time, the Registrar shall, out of the first money to be received by him from the officer executing such writ or warrant, pay over to the person obtaining such distress warrant the amount thereof, provided that if the amount mentioned in the warrant of distress shall exceed the amount due for six months rent, the Registrar shall pay the amount of rent due for six months and the costs and no more.
32. If any execution shall be paid off after issue of a warrant of distress, the bailiff shall immediately execute the warrant of distress.
If execution satisfied, distress warrant may be executed.
33. The following persons may, personally or by their attorneys or agents, apply for warrants to distrain for arrears of rent due to the estates represented by them, that is to say:
Executors or administrators of any lessor or landlord or person entitled to receive rents;
Guardians for infants, committees of lunatics for the lunatics;
Receivers appointed by Courts for the estate over or for which they are appointed;
apply for distraint.