F1PART II POINDINGS AND WARRANT SALES
Poinding
22 Report of execution of poinding.
1
The officer of court shall, within a period of 14 days after the date of execution of the poinding (or such longer period as the sheriff on cause shown may allow on an application by the officer of court) make to the sheriff in the form prescribed by Act of Sederunt a report of the execution of the poinding which shall be signed by the officer of court and the witness who attended the poinding.
2
The officer of court shall note in the report under subsection (1) above any assertion made before the submission of the report that any poinded article does not belong to the debtor.
3
The sheriff may refuse to receive a report on the ground that it has not been made and signed in accordance with subsection (1) above, and if the sheriff refuses to receive a report on that ground the poinding shall cease to have effect.
4
The sheriff clerk shall intimate a refusal under subsection (3) above—
a
to the debtor; and
b
if he is a different person from the debtor, to the person in possession of the poinded articles.
5
Any rule of law whereby the sheriff may refuse to receive a report of the execution of a poinding on a ground other than one specified in subsection (3) above shall cease to have effect.
Part II (ss. 16-45) repealed (30.12.2002) by Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17), s. 58(2)(a) (with ss. 59, 63)