Distress for Rent (Bailiffs) Act

Defines 'bailiff' as a bailiff for the purpose of distress for rent.

Jurisdiction: Uganda
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: Chapter 76
Version: Undated source snapshot
Language: en

Source attribution: Source: Uganda Legal Information Institute

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Defines 'bailiff' as a bailiff for the purpose of distress for rent. Persons may not act as bailiffs to levy rent distress unless authorised by a written certificate from a certifying officer; landlords in person, their attorneys, and legal owners of reversion are exceptions. A certifying officer may cancel or declare void a certificate at any time. Anyone required by the Act to hold a bailiff certificate who levies distress for rent without holding a certificate must not do so and is liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred shillings. Power to make rules regulating conditions for the appointment of, and the duration of certificates granted to bailiffs.

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1. Interpretation

Defines 'bailiff' as a bailiff for the purpose of distress for rent.

Section 1. Interpretation Section “ bailiff ” means a bailiff for the purpose of distress for rent;
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2. Appointment of bailiffs under certificate ofcertifying officer

Persons may not act as bailiffs to levy rent distress unless authorised by a written certificate from a certifying officer; landlords in person, their attorneys, and legal owners of reversion are exceptions.

Section 2. Appointment of bailiffs under certificate ofcertifying officer Section No person, other than a landlord in person, his or her attorney or the legal owner of a reversion, shall act as bailiff to levy any distress for rent unless he or she shall be authorised to act as bailiff by a certificate in writing under the hand of a certifying officer , and such certificate may be general or apply to a particular distress or distresses.
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3. Power of cancellation, etc. of certificate

A certifying officer may cancel or declare void a certificate at any time.

Section 3. Power of cancellation, etc. of certificate Section A certificate so granted may at any time be cancelled or declared void by a certifying officer .
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4. Penalty for acting without certificate

Anyone required by the Act to hold a bailiff certificate who levies distress for rent without holding a certificate must not do so and is liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred shillings.

Section 4. Penalty for acting without certificate Section Any person, required by this Act to hold a certificate as a bailiff , who levies distress for rent without being the holder of a certificate, is, without prejudice to any civil liability, liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred shillings.
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5. Power to make rules

Power to make rules regulating conditions for the appointment of, and the duration of certificates granted to bailiffs.

Section 5. Power to make rules Section regulating conditions for the appointment of, and the duration of certificates granted, to bailiffs;

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