Section 145: Provisional seizure of goods of trader

145. Provisional seizure of goods of trader (1) A Magistrate may and may be required even in a district to which he has not been appointed or which has not been assigned to him, to issue an order for the provisional seizure of the goods and movable property of any B4 – 55 [Issue 1] Bankruptcy Act trader upon the application of any creditor, on satisfactory proof being given that the trader is about to remove or is actually removing his goods and movable property. (2) The order under subsection (1) may issue and process may be effected and served at any hour of the day or night and on any day, whether a public holiday or not. (3) All process consequent on the order shall be effected and served by the usher of the district in which the order issues or by such other usher whom the Magistrate may appoint at the time he issues the order.