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Distress Act 1934 s 21

s 21 Removal of goods to avoid distress

21.—(1) If any person removes or causes or permits to be removed from any premises property liable to be seized under a writ of distress, with the intention of hindering or preventing the distraint thereof, a judge may, on the application by the sheriff, authorise the sheriff, within 30 days of such removal, to follow and seize such property in execution of the writ, wherever it may be found, and to deal therewith as if it had been seized on the premises. (2) The sheriff may, without an order to that effect, follow and seize any such property discovered by him while in process of removal.

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