Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Officers and Offices
64. Powers and duties of Sheriff
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The Sheriff or his or her officers must —
execute all writs, summonses, rules, orders, warrants, commands and process of the Supreme Court given to him or her by the Court for that purpose;
make a return of the same together with the manner of the execution thereof to the Supreme Court from which the process issued; and
receive all persons committed to his or her custody by the Supreme Court.
The Sheriff or his or her officers in executing any enforcement order for seizure and sale of property, any other enforcement order or any writ of distress may effect an entry into any building, and for that purpose if necessary may break open any outer or inner door or window of the building or any receptacle therein, using such force as is reasonably necessary to effect an entry.
The Sheriff may engage any auxiliary police officer appointed under the Police Force Act 2004*, any security agency, a provider of transport and of warehousing, a valuer, an estate agent, a broker, a solicitor or any other appropriate person to assist the Sheriff in the discharge of the Sheriff’s duties.