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No; distress for rent shall be lawful, unless made by landlord or his agent or receiver, or by virtue of a warrant properly signed.
Warrant free from stamp duty.
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12. No distress for rent made otherwise than by the landlord of any premises, or his known agent or receiver in person, shall be lawful, unless made by virtue of a written or printed warrant or order to distrain signed by the landlord or person substantially and beneficially entitled to the rent for which the distress shall be made, or his known agent or receiver, directing the bailiff or other person to distrain the tenant or tenants, person or persons, named therein, and bearing upon it the date when and the name of the place at which it is signed, nor unless such warrant or order shall be signed within twenty days next before the time when such distress shall be made: Provided always, that such warrant or order to distrain shall be free from the payment of any stamp duty.
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