County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28)

Part V E+W Enforcement of Judgments and Orders

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. V (ss. 85-111) applied (1.1.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), ss. 149(2), 358(1) (with ss. 352, 354); S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 4)

Seizure and custody of goods etc. E+W

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 [F1 the 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 [F2 county court] in that behalf, to be committed for a specified period not exceeding one month to . . . F3 prison . . . F3 or 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 [F4 an officer] of the court may take the offender into custody, with or without warrant, and bring him before the [F2 county court] .

(2) [F5 A judge of the county court] 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.

[F6 (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

F1 Words in ss. 36-147 substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 10(1)(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F2 Words in s. 92(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 10(39)(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F3 Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I

F4 Words in s. 92(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 10(39)(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F5 Words in s. 92(2) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 10(39)(c); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F6 S. 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)

C2 S. 92 restricted (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art.10.