S. 23 amended by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 219(5)

References to clerk of the peace for the county to be construed as references to proper officer of county council: Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 8 para. 1 and Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 4(1)(b)

S. 23(1)(3) modified by Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42), s. 19(4)

S. 23(2) repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Group 1

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23 Obligation to appoint under-sheriff and declaration of office by under-sheriff.1

Every sheriff shall within one month after the notification of his appointment in the London Gazette by writing under his hand appoint some fit person to be his under-sheriff, and shall transmit a duplicate of such written appointment to the clerk of the peace for the county which shall be filed by him among the records of his office.

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Every under-sheriff shall before he enters on the execution of his office make a declaration in the form in the Second Schedule to this Act or to the like effect before one of the judges of Her Majesty’s High Court, or before a justice of the peace for the county for which such under-sheriff is appointed.

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