Victorian Numbered Acts

INFRINGEMENTS AND OTHER ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 2008 (NO. 9 OF 2008) - SECT 44

After section 121 of the Supreme Court Act 1986 insert —

    " 121A     Power to temporarily restrain

    (1)     The sheriff, a person directed by the sheriff to execute a warrant and any person assisting in the execution of a warrant may restrain a person who is hindering the execution of that warrant.

    (2)     A person restrained under this section must be released as soon as the activity that the person was hindering has been completed.

    (3)     Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 121 or 124 or the powers of the Court in relation to contempt.".

See:
Act No.
21/1999.
Reprint No. 1
as at
1 July 2006
and amending
Act No. 70/2006.
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