Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1926.

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Issue of warrants to court messengers.

5.—(1) Every court messenger when assisting the under-sheriff in the execution of an execution order or when executing an execution order for an under-sheriff shall be furnished by the under-sheriff with a warrant in writing signed by the under-sheriff and authorising the court messenger by name to execute or assist in the execution of that particular execution order, and no court messenger shall execute or take part in the execution of any execution order unless duly authorised so to do by such warrant as aforesaid.

(2) It shall be the duty of every court messenger executing or assisting in the execution of an execution order, at any time after entering on any lands or premises under such execution order and before removing therefrom any property, to produce on demand to the person in apparent possession of such lands or premises the warrant issued to him under this section by the under-sheriff.

(3) A court messenger executing or assisting in the execution of an execution order in pursuance of a warrant duly issued to him under this section shall have all the powers which would be vested by law in a bailiff employed by an under-sheriff for that purpose.

(4) A warrant issued by an under-sheriff under this section shall not lapse or be prejudiced by reason of such under-sheriff ceasing to hold office but every such warrant shall lapse and terminate on the court messenger named therein ceasing to hold office.