Section 140: Validity of process: warrant of commitment and warrant of distress

(1) A warrant of commitment shall not be held void by reason of any defect in it, where it is alleged that the defendant has been convicted, or ordered to do or abstain from doing an act or a thing required to be done or left undone, and there is a good and valid order to sustain the warrant.
(2) A warrant of distress shall not be held void by reason of any defect, where it is alleged that an order has been made, and there is a good and valid ground to sustain the order, and a person acting under a warrant of distress is not deemed a trespasser from the beginning by reason of any defect in the warrant or of any irregularity in the execution of the warrant.
(3) This Act shall not prejudice the right of a person to compensation for any special damage caused by defect in or irregularity in the execution of a warrant of distress.