Judgments Registry (Ireland) Act, 1850

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JUDGMENTS REGISTRY (IRELAND) ACT 1850

CHAPTER LXXIV.

An Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Registrar of Judgments in Ireland. [14th August 1850.]

[Preamble.]

[Ss. 1—3 rep. 55 & 56 Vict. c. 19. (S.L.R.)]

Duties of stamps in respect of instruments, &c. in schedule to be paid in addition to other duties payable by law.

4. There shall be granted, raised, levied, collected, and paid in Ireland, unto her Majesty, for and in respect of the several instruments, articles, matters, and things, mentioned, enumerated, and described in the schedule to this Act annexed, the several sums of money and duties as they are respectively set forth, inserted, and described in words and figures in the said schedule and in every part thereof, over and above and in addition to any stamp duties or other duties payable or to be payable by law for or in respect of the said several matters and things or any of them; and the said schedule, and every clause, matter, and thing therein contained, shall be and be deemed, taken, and considered part of this Act.

[S. 5 rep. 41 & 42 Vict. c. 79. (S.L.R.)]

Duties to be under management of Commissioners of Inland Revenue.

6. the duties hereby granted shall be under the care and management of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, who shall keep a distinct account thereof, and shall be denoted and distinguished by the words “Judgments Registry,” and shall be deemed and construed to be stamp duties, and the several rules, regulations, provisions, penalties, clauses, and matters contained in any Act now or hereafter to be in force with reference to stamp duties shall be applicable thereto.

[S.7 rep. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 66. (S.L.R.) S. 8 local and personal. S. 9 rep. 54 & 55 Vict. c. 67. (S.L.R)]

Certificates of registry, &c. of judgments.

10. Upon the lodgment of any memorandum for the registry or re-entry of any judgment or revival, decree, rule, order, crown bond, recognizance, or lis pendens, or of any satisfaction, vacate, or quietus, in the said office, the said registrar of judgments shall thereupon give a certificate signed by him of such, registry or re-entry, with a reference to the books of the office, whereby the entry thereof may be readily found, and which certificate shall contain such particulars as may be necessary for identification, and shall be evidence of such registry or re-entry; and it shall be lawful for the said registrar, and he is hereby required, whenever thereunto requested, to give a like certificate, containing the like particulars, of any judgment or revival, decree, rule, order, crown bond, recognizance, lis pendens, or of any satisfaction, vacate, or quietus, registered at any time in his said office or contained in the books thereof; and for every such certificate the said registrar shall be entitled to receive a fee of sixpence, and no more.

Costs of registration of judgments, &c.

11. All costs properly incurred in the registration of judgments, warrants to confess judgments, pleas of confession, and consents for judgment, in pursuance of the several Acts now in force concerning the same or any of them, shall in each and every case respectively be allowed in taxation of costs of suit against the cognizor or defendant, and be added to and charged and recoverable in like manner and together with the amount of the judgment so registered, or of any judgment entered or to be entered upon any warrant of attorney, plea of confession, or consent for judgment, so registered as aforesaid.

Registrar of judgments of be an officer of the Court of Chancery, and of each court of common law.

12. The said registrar of judgments shall be and be deemed to be an officer of the Court of Chancery, and of each of the superior courts of common law, and subject to the orders of the said courts respectively, in all matters transacted in his office, and all entries made or to be made in the books thereof, exclusively relating to or connected with the business or records of such courts respectively, or of the offices thereof respectively.

[S. 13 rep. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 66. (S.L.R.)]

SCHEDULE to which this Act refers.

Sect. 4 .

Duties of stamps which are to be paid and payable in Ireland for and in respect of several instruments, matters, and things herein mentioned, used, filed, registered, recorded, or issued, in the office of registrar of judgments.