Distress for Rent (Bailiffs) Act 1933 (Cap. 76). Country/Territory Uganda Document type Legislation Date 1933 (2000) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Uganda. Long titleAn Act relating to the appointment of bailiffs for the purposes of distress for rent. Subject Land & soil Keyword Lease Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries Abstract This Act prescribes that a person, other than a landlord or his or her attorney or the legal owner of a reversion, shall only act as bailiff to levy any distress for rent if authorized by a certificate of a certifying officer. A certificate may be general or apply to a particular distress or distresses. Any person, required by this Act to hold a certificate as a bailiff, who levies distress for rent without a certificate, shall be, without prejudice to any civil liability, liable to a specified fine. Full text English Website www.ulii.org