The bailiff or process server shall draw up an inventory of the property. The instrument of
attachment shall under pain of nullity contain:-
1) the full names and residence of the distrainee and the distrainor, or, in the case of corporate
persons their legal forms, corporate names and registered offices and any choice of address
by the distrainor;
2) the reference to the writ of execution authorizing the attachment;
3) an indication of the person to whom the writ was handed;
4) a detailed description of the property attached;
5) where the debtor is present, his declaration concerning any prior attachment of the same
property;
6) a statement in bold characters that the attached property shall be inalienable, that they are in
the custody of the debtor, that under pain of criminal sanctions they may not be transferred
or removed save under the circumstances provided for in Article 97 above, and that the
distrainee is required to disclose the present attachment to any creditor carrying out a
subsequent attachment on the same property;
7) an indication in bold characters, that he has a period of one (1) month within which to sell
the attached securities by private sale, under the conditions provided for in Article s 115 to
119 below.
8) an indication of the court before which any disputes relating to attachment and sale shall be
brought ;
9) an indication, where applicable, of the full names and status of the persons present during
attachment process and who shall sign the original and the copies; where a person refuses
to sign, it shall be mentioned in the report ;
10) a reproduction of the criminal provisions governing fraudulent disposition of attached assets
as well as those of Article s 115 to 119 below:
11) a reproduction of Article s 143 to 146 below.
Official translation
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In force from 10 April 1998
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Section 100 of the Acte uniforme portant organisation des procédures simplifiées de recouvrement et des voies d'exécution/akn/ohada/act/loi/undated/aupsrve-1998