Superior Courts Act, 2013 (Act No. 10 of 2013)Chapter 8 : General provisions applicable to all Superior CourtsPart 3 : Process of Superior Courts43. Execution of process by sheriff |
| (1) | The sheriff must, subject to the applicable rules, execute all sentences, judgments, writs, summonses, rules, orders, warrants, commands and processes of any Superior Court directed to the sheriff and must make return of the manner of execution thereof to the court and to the party at whose instance they were issued. |
| (2) | The return of the sheriff or a deputy sheriff of what has been done upon any process of a court, shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein stated. |
| (3) | The sheriff must receive and cause to be detained all persons arrested by order of the court or committed to his or her custody by any competent authority. |
| (4) | A refusal by the sheriff or a deputy sheriff to do any act which he or she is by law required to do, is subject to review by the court concerned on application ex parte or on notice as the circumstances may require. |