92 Penalty for rescuing goods seized.E+W
(1)If any person rescues or attempts to rescue any goods seized in execution under process of a county court, he shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, or both; or
(b)on an order made by the judge in that behalf, to be committed for a specified period not exceeding one month to . . . F1 prison . . . F1or to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or to be so committed and to such a fine.
and a bailiff of the court may take the offender into custody, with or without warrant, and bring him before the judge.
(2)The judge may at any time revoke an order committing a person to prison under this section and, if he is already in custody, order his discharge.
[F2(3)This section does not apply in the case of goods seized under Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I
F2S. 92(3) inserted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 73 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 92 restricted (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art.10.