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Certain goods exempted from distress and execution.
11 & 12 Vict. c. 28.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 57.
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5. Such goods and chattels of the tenant or debtor, or his family, as would be protected from seizure in execution under section nine of the Execution (Ireland) Act, 1848, or section one hundred and twenty-five of the Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act, 1851, shall be exempt from distress for rent, and from executions under decrees of the Dublin Court of Conscience, or of the Court of Conscience of any other municipal borough, and executions under decrees or orders of the courts of the Dublin divisional justices in pursuance of their small debts jurisdiction; and executions under the decrees or orders of justices in petty sessions in pursuance of the small debts jurisdiction conferred on them by the Manor Courts Abolition (Ireland) Act, 1859; that is to say, the wearing apparel and bedding, and the tools and implements of trade, of such tenant or debtor, not exceeding in the whole the value of five pounds sterling. Provided that this enactment shall not extend to any case where the lease, term, or interest of the tenant has expired, and where possession of the premises in respect of which the rent is claimed has been demanded, and where the distress is made not earlier than seven days after such demand.
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