Section 26D: Duties of registered usher
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26D. Duties of registered usher
(1) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), every registered usher shall promptly
provide the necessary services to any attorney or other person who requires
him to serve or execute any judicial or extra-judicial process.
(b) A registered usher may refuse to provide his services where he is
prohibited under any other enactment from so doing.
(2) Where, for the purposes of performing any duty referred to in subsection (1), a registered usher requires a document which is in the custody of a
Court, every Court Officer of that Court shall provide all necessary assistance to the registered usher and, where a document is handed over to the
latter, the Court Officer shall cause an entry to be made in the appropriate
register.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), a registered usher shall not perform the duties prescribed for Court Ushers under section 13, other than those specified
in subsection (1) (a).
(4) The Master and Registrar may request a registered usher to perform
the duties prescribed for Court Ushers under section 13, for such time as
may be necessary, on payment of an allowance to be determined by the
Chief Justice.
[S. 26D inserted by s. 5 of Act 5 of 2011 w.e.f. 10 October 2011.]