Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1871

Commissioners may be appointed in the Isle of Man, &c.

13. It shall be lawful for the judge of the Court for Matrimonial Causes and Matters to appoint, by commission under the seal of the said court, any persons practising as solicitors in the Isle of Man, in the Channel Islands, or any of them, and also such persons resident in England, Wales, and Scotland as he shall think fit, to administer oaths, and to take declarations or affirmations, and to exercise any other powers which can be exercised by commissioners of the said court, and such persons shall be entitled from time to time to charge and take such fees as any other persons performing the same duties in the said court may charge and take.