Fines and Recoveries (Ireland) Act 1834

As to the Records of Fines and Recoveries in the Courts of Common Pleas in Dublin after the 31st of October 1834.

X. And be it further enacted, That after the Thirty-first Day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty-four the Records of all Fines and Common Recoveries levied and suffered in His Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas in Dublin, and all the Proceedings thereof, shall be deposited in such Places and kept by such Persons as the said Court of Common Pleas shall from Time to Time order or direct; and in the meantime the said Records and Proceedings shall remain in the same Place where they are now deposited, and be kept by the Person who would have continued entitled to the Custody thereof if this Act had not been passed; and while the said Records and Proceedings shall be kept by such Person, Searches may be made, and Extracts and Copies obtained, as heretofore, and on paying the accustomed Fees; and when any of the Records and Proceedings shall by the Order of the said Court be kept by any other Person, then, so far us relates to the Records and Proceedings in the Custody of such other Person, Searches may be made, and Extracts or Copies obtained, at such Times and on paying such Fees as shall from Time to Time be ordered by the said Court; and the Extracts or Copies so obtained shall be as available in Evidence as they would have been if obtained from the Person whose Duty it would have been to have made and delivered out the same if this Act had not been passed.