Professional statute overview
Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This provision says the law governs the bailiff function.”
This provision says the law governs the bailiff function. This article defines key terms used in the law. Bailiffs are divided into professional and non-professional categories; professional bailiffs are appointed by ministerial order and work within the Association. This article creates the Association of Professional Bailiffs, gives it legal personality, and sets its head office in Kigali City. The Association’s objectives are to bring together professional bailiffs, support fair execution of judgments, promote the profession, and help prevent and resolve conflicts.
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How the instrument operates
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This provision says the law governs the bailiff function.
Section 1
The Executive Secretariat is made up of the Executive Secretary and necessary staff, carries out the Association’s daily work, and the Executive Secretary may attend specified meetings and act as rapporteur, but not decide.
Section 20
If a judgment is forcibly executed, the client must pay the professional bailiff’s fees.
Section 39
A non professional bailiff must stop working in that role if they leave the public post that gave them that status, lose the power to execute judgments, or die.
Section 57
This provision is titled as general/preliminary provisions for Chapter One, but the text shown does not state a substantive rule.
Section 209
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Source and current-law status
In force source record
Source record from www.amategeko.gov.rw · updated 8 Apr 2013
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