Any person who—
| (a) |
obstructs a sheriff or deputy sheriff in the execution of his or her duty; |
| (b) |
being aware that goods are under arrest, interdict or attachment by a Superior Court, destroys or disposes of those goods in a manner not authorised by law, or knowingly permits those goods, if in his or her possession or under his or her control, to be destroyed or disposed of in such a manner; |
| (c) |
being a judgment debtor and being required by a sheriff or deputy sheriff to point out property to satisfy a warrant issued in execution of judgment against that person— |
| (i) |
falsely declares to the sheriff or deputy sheriff that he or she possesses no property or insufficient property to satisfy the warrant; or |
| (ii) |
although knowing of such property, neglects or refuses to point out that property or to deliver it to the sheriff or deputy sheriff when requested to do so; or |
| (d) |
being a judgment debtor, refuses or neglects to comply with any requirement of a sheriff or deputy sheriff in regard to the delivery of documents in his or her possession or under his or her control relating to the title of immovable property under execution, |
is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year.
Housing Development Agency Act, 2008
