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Where an extract decree or warrant granted by any court in Scotland is presented to the sheriff within whose jurisdiction such decree or warrant requires to be executed, and the sheriff is satisfied that no messenger-at-arms or sheriff officer is reasonably available to execute such decree or warrant, the sheriff may, if he shall think fit, grant authority to any person whom he may deem suitable (but not including the law agent of the party presenting the extract decree or warrant) to execute such decree or warrant, and the person so authorised shall as regards any diligence or execution competent on such decree or warrant have all the powers of a messenger-at-arms or sheriff officer.
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