Powers, Duties, and Liabilities E+W

8 Powers of sheriff for posse comitatus. E+W

F1 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) If a sheriff finds any resistance in the execution of a writ he shall take with him the power of the county, and shall go in proper person to do execution, and may arrest the resisters and commit them to prison, and every such resister shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 8(1) repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. III