ORDINANCE No. 3 of 1846.
Insolvent Debtors.
assignee or assignees, in such case, shall be entered of record in the said Court, and proof thereof shall be received by such copy thereof as is herein before directed to be received as proof of conveyances and assignments made in pursuance of this Ordinance.
60. And be it enacted and ordained, that this Ordinance shall not extend or be construed to extend to discharge any prisoner with respect to any debt due to Her Majesty or Her Successors, or to any debt or penalty with which he shall stand charged at the suit of the Crown, or of any person for any offence committed against any ordinance or ordinances relative to any branch of the public revenue, or at the suit of any sheriff or other public officer, upon any bail-bond entered into for the appearance of any person prosecuted for any such offence.
61. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the proper officer of the said Court shall, on the reasonable request of any such prisoner as aforesaid, or of any creditor or creditors of such prisoner, or his, her, or their attorney, produce and show to such prisoner, creditor or creditors, and his, her, or their attorney, at such times as the said Court shall direct, such petition, vesting order, schedule, order of adjudication, and all other orders and proceedings made and had in the matter of such petition, and all books, papers, and writings filed in such matter, and permit him, her, or them to inspect and examine the same, and shall provide for any such prisoner, creditor or creditors, or his or their attorney requiring the same, a copy or copies of any such petition, vesting order, schedule, order of adjudication, or other order or proceeding, or of such part thereof as shall be so required, receiving such fee as the said Court shall appoint for so providing the same; and that a copy of such petition, vesting order, schedule, order of adjudication, and other orders and proceedings purporting to be signed by the officer in whose custody the same shall be, or his deputy, certifying the same to be a true copy of such petition, vesting order, schedule, order of adjudication, or other proceeding, and purporting to be sealed with the seal of the said Court, shall at all times be admitted as sufficient evidence of the same, without any other proof whatever given of the same.
62. And be it enacted and ordained, that the said Court in all cases may from time to time, as occasion shall require, appoint as many fit persons as shall be requisite to be examiners for the purposes of this Ordinance; and that such examiner shall and may receive for his trouble the sum of one pound, and no more, for every meeting held by him in pursuance of this Ordinance, to be paid by the person or persons requiring the same.
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Discharge not to extend to Crown debtors.
Officer of Court to produce proceedings and give copies.
A copy of such proceedings under seal to be admitted as evidence.
Examiners to be appointed.
Their fees.
Sheriffs, &c., indemnified for obeying orders of Court.
63. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every sheriff, gaoler, keeper, or other officer of any prison, who shall do anything in obedience to any order of the said Court, or of any officer of the said Court, or such examiner as aforesaid, authorised by the said Court, by virtue of this Ordinance, shall be, and is and are indemnified for whatsoever shall be done by them respectively in obedience thereto; and that if any action of escape, or any suit or action, be brought against any Judge, Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, sheriff, gaoler, keeper of any prison, or any person, for performing the duty of his office, in pursuance of this Ordinance, such Judge, Commissioner,
If action for escape &c., brought, the general issue
nance given in evidence,
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ORDINANCE No. 3 oF 1846.
Insolvent Debtors.
assignee or assignees, in such case, shall be entered of record in the said Court, and proof thereof shall be received by such copy thereof as is herein before directed to be received as proof of conveyances and assignments made in pursuance of this Ordinance.
60. And be it enacted and ordained, that this Ordinance shall not extend or be constructed to extend to discharge any prisoner with respect to any debt due to Her Majesty or Her Successors, or to any debt or penalty with which he shall stand charged at the suit of the Crown, or of any person for any offence committed against any ordinance or ordinances relative to any branch of the public revenue, or at the suit of any sheriff or other public officer, upon any bail-bond entered into for the appearance of any person prosecuted for any such offence.
61. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the proper officer of the said Court shall, on the reasonable request of any such prisoner as aforesaid, or of any cre- ditor or creditors of such prisoner, or his, her, or their attorney, produce and shew to such prisoner, creditor or creditors, and his, her, or their attorney, at such times as the said Court shall direct, such petition, vesting order, schedule, order of adjudication, and all other orders and proceedings made and had in the matter of such petition, and all books, papers, and writings filed in such matter, and permit him, her, or them to inspect and examine the same, and shall provide for any such prisoner, creditor or creditors, or his or their attorney requiring the same, a copy or copies of any such petition, vesting order, schedule, order of adjudication, or other order or proceeding, or of such part thereof as shall be so required, receiving such fee as the said Court shall appoint for so providing the same; and that a copy of such petition, vesting order, schedule, order of adjudication, and other orders and proceedings purporting to be signed by the officer in whose custody the same shall be, or his deputy, certi- fying the same to be a true copy of such petition, vesting order, schedule, order of adjudication, or other proceeding, and purporting to be sealed with the seal of the without said Court, shall at all times be admitted as sufficient evidence of the same, any other proof whatever given of the same.
62. And be it enacted and ordained, that the said Court in all cases may from time to time, as occasion shall require, appoint as many fit persons as shall be requisite to be examiners for the purposes of this Ordinance; and that such examiner shall and may receive for his trouble the sum of one pound, and no more, for every meeting held by him in pursuance of this Ordinance, to be paid by the person or persons requiring the same.
203
Discharge not to extend to Crown. debtors.
Officer of Court to produce proceed- ings and give coples.
A copy of such proceedings under seal to admitted an
evidence.
Examiners to be appointed.
Their fees.
Sheriffs, &c., Indemnified for obeying orders of Court.
63. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every sheriff, gaoler, keeper, or other officer of any prison, who shall do any thing in obedience to any order of the said Court, or of any officer of the said Court, or such examiner as aforesaid, authorised by the said Court, by virtue of this Ordinance, shall be, and is and are indemnified for whatsoever shall be done by them respectively in obedience thereto; and that if any action of escape, or any suit or action, be brought against any Judge, Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, sheriff, gaoler, keeper of any prison, or any person, for performing and this Ordi the duty of his office, in pursuance of this Ordinance, such Judge, Commissioner,
If action for escape &c., brought, the general issue
nance given in evidence,
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