Section 48: Restriction on Officers of Court Buying Property Sold at Execution.

No person in permanent employment as an officer of the court shall or may directly or indirectly or by the intervention of a trustee or otherwise purchase any property sold at execution, and in the event of any persons purchasing or being interested in the purchase of any property at an execution sale, such purchase shall be entirely void.
Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent any such person from purchasing by leave of the court at an execution sale, any property which it may be necessary for him to purchase in order to protect the interest of himself, his wife or child.