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United Kingdom legislation
The Sheriffs Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 55) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It sets out the appointments and qualifications of sheriffs in England and Wales.[4]
The Act gives sheriffs the right to arrest those resisting a warrant (posse comitatus).
References
- ^ This short title is conferred by section 1 of this Act.
- ^ This is the effect of section 2 of this Act which displaces the presumption that an Act of Parliament applies to the United Kingdom unless the contrary is specified
- ^ This Act came into force on the date that it received royal assent because no other date was specified: Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
- ^ Text of the Sheriffs Act 1887 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
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