Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)

Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 387

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387. (1) No warrant in factum shall be executed unless the person demanding the issue of the warrant shall have first delivered to the court executing officer a sum, to be fixed by the court, to be given, through the gaoler, to the person against whom the warrant has been issued in respect of his maintenance for four days, including the day of apprehension; and the gaoler shall not take the person apprehended in custody until such deposit is made. (2) A like sum shall be deposited in the hands of the gaoler every four days in advance and not later than twelve noon of the last day of each weekly period. Such sum shall be immediately delivered to the person apprehended. (3) The court executing officer and the gaoler respectively shall give a receipt for the said deposit. Execution of warrant in factum not to bar action for damages. Amended by: IX.1886.85; XXIII.2017.22.

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