Section 21
Removal of goods to avoid distress
ActIn forceProvision 21 of 26
Section 21
(1)
If any person removes or causes or permits to be removed from any premises property liable to be seized under a warrant of distress, with the intention of hindering or preventing the distraint thereof, a Judge may, on application by the landlord, authorize the
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Distress bailiff, within thirty days of such removal, to follow and seize such property in execution of the warrant, wherever it may be found, and to deal therewith as if it had been seized on the premises.
(2)
The bailiff may, without an order to that effect, follow and seize any such property discovered by him while in process of removal.