24Bailiff's duty

24 Bailiff's duty S. 24(1) amended by No. 19/1989 s. 7(r)(i)(ii). (1) The said bailiffs or one of them shall if required by the court attend every sitting of the court at any place for which they are appointed, unless when their absence is allowed for reasonable cause by the court; and shall by themselves or by the officers appointed to assist them as aforesaid serve all such summonses issued out of the court at that place as are delivered to them for service, and shall execute all the writs and other process issued out of the court at that place. S. 24(2) amended by No. 19/1989 s. 7(s). (2) The said bailiffs and officers shall in the execution of their duties conform to the rules, and subject thereunto to the order and direction of the court. S. 24(3) amended by No. 8883 s. 3. (3) The said bailiffs shall receive from the registrar and retain for their own use for and in respect of such duties as have been performed by them or by the officers appointed to assist them all fees and sums of money allowed as hereinafter mentioned in the name of fees payable to the bailiff, out of which they shall provide for the execution of the duties for which such fees are allowed and for the payment of the officers appointed to assist them. (4) Every such bailiff shall be responsible for all the acts and defaults of himself and of the officers appointed to assist him in like manner as the sheriff of Victoria is responsible for the acts and defaults of himself and his officers. (5) In respect of every place at which the court is held under this Act and at which the fees allowed to be taken by the bailiffs appear to be more than sufficient, the Governor in Council may declare that a certain specified part only of their fees shall be paid to them respectively; and in that case and so long as such order is in force, the amount of the residue of such fees shall be accounted for paid and applied in the same manner as all other fees payable to such registrar.