Part V Enforcement of Judgments and Orders

Seizure and custody of goods etc.

92 Penalty for rescuing goods seized.

(1)

If any person rescues or attempts to rescue any goods seized in execution under process of F1the 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 F2county court in that behalf, to be committed for a specified period not exceeding one month to . . . F3 prison . . . F3or 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 F4an officer of the court may take the offender into custody, with or without warrant, and bring him before the F2county court .

(2)

F5A 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.