Sheriffs Act 1887
Sheriffs Act 1887 (1887 c. 55)
- Sheriffs Act 1887 (1887 c. 55)
- Preliminary
- 1 Short title.
- 2 Extent of Act.
- Appointment and Qualification
- 3 Annual appointment of sheriff and duration of office.
- 4 Qualification of sheriffs.
- 5 Same person not to be chosen twice in three years.
- 6 Nomination and appointment of sheriffs.
- 7 Declaration of office.
- Powers, Duties, and Liabilities
- 8 Powers of sheriff for posse comitatus.
- 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 10 Duties as to execution of writs.
- 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 15 Liability for wrongful imprisonment.
- 16 Liability for escape.
- 17 Disability to act as justice of the peace.
- 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 20 Fees and poundage.
- Accounts
- 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Under-Sheriff and Officers
- 23 Obligation to appoint under-sheriff and declaration of office by under-sheriff.
- 24 Obligation to appoint deputy resident in London.
- 25 Execution of office by under-sheriff on death or suspension of sheriff.
- 26 Declaration by bailiffs, &c.
- 27 Sale of offices prohibited.
- Outgoing Sheriff
- 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Miscellaneous
- 29 Punishment for misconduct.
- 30 Filing and exemption from duty of declaration of office.
- Application of Act in Special Cases
- 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 33 Saving for privileges of city of London and approval of election of sheriffs of London.
- 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 37 Saving for Duchy of Cornwall.
- Definitions and Repeal
- 38 Definitions.
- 39 Repeal.
- SCHEDULES
- THE FIRST SCHEDULE Form of Warrant appointing Sheriff
- Declaration of Sheriff and Under Sheriff
- FORM OF DECLARATION FOR BAILIFF, DEPUTY, OR OFFICER OF SHERIFF
- SCHEDULE 2A MEANING OF “COUNTY”
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