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(1) No person executing any warrant of arrest house. issued under this Act, or any process issued under this Act directing or authorising the attachment of movable property, shaU enter any dwellingrhouse after sunset or before sunrise. (2) No outer door of a dwelling-house shall be broken open ~ d e s s the dwelling-house or a portion thereof is in ihe occupancy of the ceriificatedebtor and he or any other occupant of the house refuses or in any way prevents access thereto ; but, when the person executing any such warrant or other process has duIy gained 'access to any dwelling-house he may break opon the door of any room and enter, if he has reason to believe that entering into the room is neces- sary in order to enable him to execute the process. (3) Where a room in a dwelling-house is in the actual occupancy of a woman who, according to the customs of the country does not appear in public, the person executing the process shall give notice to her that she is at liberty to withdraw ; and after allowing reasonable time, for her to withdraw and giving her reasonable facility for withdrawing, he may enter such room for the purpos>e of executing the process ; and if the process be for the . attachment of property, he may at the same time use every pre caution, consistent with this section, to prevent its' clad estine removal. Application of Act 18 of