Section 92: Penalty for rescuing goods seized.

County Courts Act 1984 · 1984 c. 28View on legislation.gov.uk

Part V: Enforcement of Judgments and Orders

If any person rescues or attempts to rescue any goods seized in execution under process of the county court , he shall be liable—

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, or both; or
on an order made by the county court in that behalf, to be committed for a specified period not exceeding one month to . . . prison . . . or to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or to be so committed and to such a fine.

and an officer of the court may take the offender into custody, with or without warrant, and bring him before the county court .

A judge of the county court may at any time revoke an order committing a person to prison under this section and, if he is already in custody, order his discharge.

This section does not apply in the case of goods seized under Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

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