In force2009 Revised EditionCurrent version · 2009 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)
Distress Act · 2009 Revised Edition
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where a right to a distraint accrues to persons jointly or together interested in any premises, such right may be exercised by any one of such persons in his own name and the names of those jointly or together interested with him, and the levy shall be a complete discharge to the defendant for the amount recovered; but the judge or registrar may in any case require the party so applying to produce a written authority to distrain, signed by the other persons jointly or together interested with him.
judge
“judge” means a Judge of the Supreme Court, a Judge of an Intermediate Court, and a magistrate;
judge
“judge” means a Judge of the Supreme Court, a Judge of an Intermediate Court, and a magistrate;
registrar
“registrar” means a Registrar of the High Court, an Intermediate Court and a Court of a Magistrate;