8. If any officer of any court, acting under colour or pretence of the process of such court, is guilty of extortion or misconduct, or does not duly pay or account for any money levied or received by him, the Superior Court or any judge holding the Provincial Court may, upon complaint of the party aggrieved, inquire into such matter in a summary way, and for that purpose summon and enforce the attendance of all necessary parties, and may make such order thereupon for the repayment of any money so levied or received as aforesaid, and for the payment of such costs to the party aggrieved as such court or judge thinks just, and in default of immediate payment of any sum of money so ordered to be paid, the judge may commit the offender to the house of detention of the district, there to be detained until such payment is made in full.
R. S. 1964, c. 31, s. 25; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1969, c. 21, s. 35.