Assistant bailiffs, appointment of
108 Assistant bailiffs, appointment of
With the prior written approval of the sheriff, a bailiff may appoint one or more natural persons who are fit and proper persons as his or her assistant bailiffs.
An assistant bailiff’s appointment may be suspended or terminated for misconduct in the performance of his or her functions or for any other good reason by —
the bailiff to whom he or she is an assistant bailiff; or
the sheriff.
An assistant bailiff’s appointment ceases on the death or termination of the appointment of his or her bailiff.
The death or termination of the appointment of a bailiff does not invalidate an act of his or her assistant bailiff committed before the assistant became aware of the death or termination.
Any act by a bailiff or the sheriff under this section must be in writing.
A bailiff must give the sheriff written notice of every appointment, suspension or termination of an assistant bailiff by the bailiff under this section and of every death of an assistant bailiff.
[Section 108 amended: No. 5 of 2008 s. 14.]
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