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Sheriffs Act 1887 (c. 55)

Sheriffs Act 1887 1887 CHAPTER 55 50 and 51 Vict An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the office of Sheriff in England, and to repeal certain enactments relating to Sheriffs which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary. [16th September 1887]

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Table of Content

1. Short title. E+W

2. Appointment and Qualification E+W

3. Annual appointment of sheriff and duration of office. E+W

4. Qualification of sheriffs. E+W

5. Same person not to be chosen twice in three years. E+W

6. Nomination and appointment of sheriffs. E+W

7. Powers, Duties, and Liabilities E+W

8. Powers of sheriff for posse comitatus. E+W

9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

10. Duties as to execution of writs. E+W

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14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

15. Liability for wrongful imprisonment. E+W

16. Liability for escape. E+W

17. Disability to act as justice of the peace. E+W

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19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

20. Accounts E+W

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22. Under-Sheriff and Officers E+W

23. Obligation to appoint under-sheriff and declaration of office by under-sheriff. E+W

24. Obligation to appoint deputy resident in London. E+W

25. Execution of office by under-sheriff on death or suspension of sheriff. E+W

26. Declaration by bailiffs, &c. E+W

27. Outgoing Sheriff E+W

28. Miscellaneous E+W

29. Punishment for misconduct. E+W

30. Application of Act in Special Cases E+W

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33. Saving for privileges of city of London and approval of election of sheriffs of London. E+W

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36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

37. Definitions and Repeal E+W

38. Definitions. E+W

39. Repeal. E+W

40. FORM OF DECLARATION FOR BAILIFF, DEPUTY, OR OFFICER OF SHERIFF E+W

1. Short title. E+W

2. Appointment and Qualification E+W

3. Annual appointment of sheriff and duration of office. E+W

4. Qualification of sheriffs. E+W

5. Same person not to be chosen twice in three years. E+W

6. Nomination and appointment of sheriffs. E+W

7. Powers, Duties, and Liabilities E+W

8. Powers of sheriff for posse comitatus. E+W

9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

10. Duties as to execution of writs. E+W

11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

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14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

15. Liability for wrongful imprisonment. E+W

16. Liability for escape. E+W

17. Disability to act as justice of the peace. E+W

18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

20. Accounts E+W

21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

22. Under-Sheriff and Officers E+W

23. Obligation to appoint under-sheriff and declaration of office by under-sheriff. E+W

24. Obligation to appoint deputy resident in London. E+W

25. Execution of office by under-sheriff on death or suspension of sheriff. E+W

26. Declaration by bailiffs, &c. E+W

27. Outgoing Sheriff E+W

28. Miscellaneous E+W

29. Punishment for misconduct. E+W

30. Application of Act in Special Cases E+W

31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

33. Saving for privileges of city of London and approval of election of sheriffs of London. E+W

34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

37. Definitions and Repeal E+W

38. Definitions. E+W

39. Repeal. E+W

40. FORM OF DECLARATION FOR BAILIFF, DEPUTY, OR OFFICER OF SHERIFF E+W

Section 1

1. Short title. E+W

This Act may be cited as the Sheriffs Act 1887.

Section 2

2. Appointment and Qualification E+W

This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland. Modifications etc. (not altering text) C5 Reference to Ireland to be construed as exclusive of Republic of Ireland: S.R. & O. 1923/405 (Rev. X, p. 298: 1923, P. 400), art. 2.

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