SCHEDULE
1. DISTRAINOR’S CHARGES
Where no distress is levied and distress debt and costs and expenses incurred by the distrainor are paid by the distrainee on demand or within thirty minutes thereafter the distrainee shall pay the distrainor the following costs – Shs.(a) Where distress debt does not exceed Shs 1,000_______Shs40
(b) Where the distress debt exceeds Shs 1,000________Shs100
2. DISTRAINT AGENT’S CHARGE
(a) Where no distress is levied and the distress debt and costs and expenses incurred by the distrainor are paid by the distrainee on demand or within thirtyminutes thereafter the distraint agent shall be entitled to a remuneration of 40(b) For attaching goods or attaching and keeping possession thereof for 10 days or part thereof, when the estimated value of the property, or the sum of the distress debt and costs and expenses, whichever is the less
(i) does not exceed shs 10,000............thereof 4 percent
(ii) exceeds shs 10,000 - on the first shs 10,000..............thereof 4 per cent
on the excess over shs 10,000........................thereof 3 per cent
But where the goods or part thereof are sold by public auction, the distraint agent’s charges shall instead be calculated in the manner directed above by reference to the total amount realized on the sale after deduction of the auctioneer’s commission under rule 15.
(c) For keeping possession of attached goods after the expiration of ten days from the date of attachment - for each day, or part thereof ..1/4 per cent of the goods with a maximum of Shs.20.
(d) Reasonable expenses incurred by the distraint agent in transporting goods attached, and such travelling expenses by car, or a rateable proportion thereof, as the Commissioner may approve.
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