Labourers Cottages and Allotments (Ireland) Act, 1882

Penalty for non-compliance with order.

14 & 15 Vict. c. 93.

4. Where an order shall be made under this Act, or has been made or is made under section nineteen of the principal Act, for providing accommodation for the labourers employed on any holding, and such order has not been complied with within six months from the date of such order, or six months from the passing of this Act, whichever shall last happen, the person failing to comply with such order shall be liable thenceforth to a penalty of one pound for every week during which such order is not complied with, and such penalty shall be recoverable in a summary manner before two or more justices in petty sessions in manner provided by the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, upon the complaint of any labourer employed on the holding, and in whose favour such order has been or shall have been made, and the justices shall award such penalty to the guardians of the poor of the union within which the holding is situate to be applied in aid of the poor rate of such union.