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LAW OF DISTRESS AND SMALL DEBTS (IRELAND) ACT 1893
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CHAPTER XXXVI.
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An Act to amend the Law of Distress and Small Debts (Ireland) Act, 1888.[1]
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Construction and short title.
51 & 52 Vict. c. 47.
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1. This Act shall be read with the Law of Distress and Small Debts (Ireland) Act, 1888, herein called the principal Act, as if it were part of the same, save where inconsistent therewith; and these Acts may be cited as the Law of Distress and Small Debts (Ireland) Acts, 1888 and 1893.
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[S. 2 rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]
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Interpretation.
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3. In Part II. of the principal Act “distress” shall mean and be confined to distresses for rent where the amount due and distrained for shall not exceed twenty pounds.
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Decrees, dismisses, &c.
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4. All decrees and dismisses and all money orders leviable by the sheriff made by the Recorder of Dublin where the amount decreed, including costs, shall not exceed twenty pounds shall be executed either by the sheriff of the county of the city of Dublin or his bailiff, or by a bailiff appointed under Part II. of the principal Act. In such last-mentioned case the sheriff shall be entitled to receive from the execution-creditor a fee of one shilling for signing the warrant, and all the provisions of Part II. of the principal Act shall apply.
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[S. 5 makes a substitution in 51 & 52 Vict. c. 47, s. 8. See that Act.]
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[1][Short title,"The Law of Distress and Small Debts(Ireland)Act,1893,"given by 59&60 vict c.14][24th August 1893.] |
