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Process officers may receive certain fees, in addition to salaries.
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18. [1]
It shall be lawful for any officer hereafter appointed by any assistant barrister for the serving of process, in addition to the salary made payable under this Act, to receive a fee of sixpence for the service of every process which he shall be required to serve in cases where there is only one defendant or there are several defendants residing in the same dwelling house, and one shilling in case of two or more defendants not residing in-one and the same dwelling house; and which said sums of sixpence or one shilling, as the case may be, shall be paid to such officer on the delivery of such process to hi, or the purpose of being served by him; and if any person whosoever, other than one of such officers so appointed as aforesaid, shall serve or pretend to serve any such process (save in ejectment or replevin cases), and shall receive or take any fee or reward for such service, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to be prosecuted accordingly: Provided always, that if a process server of any county or riding shall be required (as herein-after provided) to serve process upon any defendant residing out of the county or riding for which he shall be acting as such process officer, he shall be entitled to receive a fee of two shillings and sixpence for such service together with his reasonable travelling expences incurred in effecting such service.
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[1As to fees now payable to process servers, under 40 & 41 Vict. c. 56. s. 85, see Schedule Part XI., annexed to Rules of 1st March 1890 (Statutory Rule and Orders, 1890, p. 222).] |
