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Under-Sheriff and OfficersE+W

26 Declaration by bailiffs, &c.E+W

Every deputy bailiff and officer of a sheriff or under-sheriff, and every other person who has authority or takes upon himself F1. . ., or to intermeddle with the execution of writs issued by any court of record, shall before he does so make a declaration F2. . .in the form in the Second Schedule to this Act, or to the like [F3 effect—

(a)

before any judge of the High Court; or

(b)

in the county in which he exercises his authority before a justice of the peace.]

[F4F3(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to any enforcement officer or any person acting under the authority of an enforcement officer.F4]