BAILII is celebrating 24 years of free online access to the law! Would you consider making a contribution?
No donation is too small. If every visitor before 31 December gives just £5, it will have a significant impact on BAILII's ability to continue providing free access to the law.
Thank you very much for your support!
[Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Multidatabase Search] [Help] [Feedback] | ||
Statutes of Northern Ireland |
||
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Statutes of Northern Ireland >> URL: http://www.bailii.org/nie/legis/num_act/gja1836186.txt |
[New search] [Help]
GRAND JURY (IRELAND) ACT 1836 GRAND JURY (IRELAND) ACT 1836 - LONG TITLE An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland.{1} [20th August 1836] Preamble rep. by SLR 1890Interpretation. GRAND JURY (IRELAND) ACT 1836 - SECT 3 >S.1 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9. S.2 rep. by SLR 1874 3. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, ... expressions have the same meaning as in the Act; and words importing the masculine gender include females, and words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular. Ss.467 rep. by SLR 1874; 1877 c.27 s.10 sch.1; 1898 c.37 s.110(2) sch.6 Pt.I; 1930 c.2 (NI) s.1; 1954 c.11 (NI) ss.1(1), 3 sch.; SLR (NI) 1954; 1959 c.15 (NI) s.38 sch.; 1959 c.25 (NI) s.154(3) sch.5; 1964 c.14 (NI) s.18 sch.; 1968 c.10 (NI) s.11 sch.; 1969 c.15 (NI) s.4(2) sch.; 1970 c.1 (NI) s.36 sch.6; 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9; 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19; SRO (NI) 1973/285; 1980 NI 11 art.64(2) sch.9 GRAND JURY (IRELAND) ACT 1836 - SECT 68 Piers or quays to become public property. 68. Every pier or quay which has been built or enlarged in pursuance of a presentment of any grand jury, or may hereafter be built or enlarged in pursuance of a resolution of any county council upon any navigable lake or river or on the sea coast, pursuant to the provisions of this or any other Act, shall be deemed and become public property. Ss.6986 rep. by 1898 c.37 s.110(2) sch.6 Pt.I; 1948 c.3 (NI) s.83 sch.10 Pt.II; 1948 c.28 (NI) s.43(2) sch.7; 1954 c.9 (NI) s.29 sch.7; 1968 c.29 (NI) s.35(3) sch.5 Pt.I; 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9 GRAND JURY (IRELAND) ACT 1836 - SECT 87 Penalty for giving or promising any money, &c., to obtain the appointment to any office or employment under this Act. 87. If any person shall, by himself, his friends or agents, directly or indirectly give or promise to give any money, or any security for money, or other consideration, to any person or persons in order to procure the appointment to the office of ... [chief clerk] ..., or any other office or employment in this Act mentioned, or in order to procure the resignation of any person or persons holding such office, or in order to influence the votes of the persons who may have the appointment to such office, he shall be incapable of holding any such office or employment, and shall forfeit for every such offence a sum of one hundred pounds to any person who will sue for the same, and such sum may be recovered by civil bill, or by action in the High Court. Ss.88116 rep. by 1846 c.37; 1864 c.17 s.6; SLR 1874; SLR 1891; 1898 c.37 s.110(2) sch.6 Pt.I; 1934 c.22 (NI) s.41; 1954 c.9 (NI) s.29 sch.7; SLR (NI) 1954; 1968 c.9 (NI) s.13 sch.2; 1968 c.10 (NI) s.11 sch.; 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9; 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19; SLR 1976 GRAND JURY (IRELAND) ACT 1836 - SECT 117 Expenses of suing treasurers and contractors, &c. 117. It shall be lawful for any county council to resolve that there shall be levied ... such sum or sums of money as may be necessary or shall have been expended for or in suing any treasurer or collector of any public money, or any of their sureties, executors, or administrators, for any misconduct, breach of duty, or nonpayment, or for recovering any public money from any treasurer, or collector, or their sureties, executors, or administrators, or for suing any contractor under this Act or under any Order in Council under the Act, his sureties, executors or administrators, for any breach of contract; provided that no such resolution shall be passed, unless, together with the notice of the application for such payment there shall have been laid before a quarterly meeting of the proposal committee to whom such application shall be referred a bill duly taxed and certified by the proper taxing officer of the costs incurred for any of the purposes aforesaid for which such application shall be made, nor unless it shall be proved that such costs could not be recovered from the person sued, or any other person liable to pay the same, and that the proceeding was instituted by the direction of a county council. Ss.118166 rep. by 1873 c.51 s.3; SLR 1874; 1877 c.27 s.10 sch.1; SLR 1891; SLR 1898 c.37 s.110(2) sch.6 Pt.I; SLR (NI) 1954; 1956 c.19 (NI) s.1(2) sch.; 1962 c.12 (NI) s.25(4); 1968 c.9 (NI) s.13 sch.2; 1969 c.30 (NI) s.132 sch.6; 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9; 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19; SRO (NI) 1973/285; 1980 NI 11 art.64(2) sch.9 GRAND JURY (IRELAND) ACT 1836 - SECT 168 Proceedings for breach of contract before county court judge under certain amount. 168. ...; and whenever the amount of any such contract, or the sum for which any such recognizance shall be conditioned, or the sum sought to be recovered by virtue of such recognizance or contract, shall not exceed the sum of [#2,000], it shall be lawful to proceed against any such contractor or his sureties for such sum, or for damages for the breach of any such contract, by civil bill before the county court judge .... Ss.169173 rep. by SLR 1874; SLR 1891; SLR (NI) 1954; 1968 c.28 (NI) s.16 sch.4; SLR 1973; SLR 1980 GRAND JURY (IRELAND) ACT 1836 - SECT 174 Money to be the present currency. 174. The several sums of money in this Act mentioned shall be deemed to be the present lawful money of Great Britain and Ireland; and ... no notice, recognizance, warrant, resolution, or other proceeding or matter whatsoever served, made, taken, passed or had under this Act shall be impeached on any technical or formal grounds, or for any informality, provided it shall be in substance conformable to the provisions of this Act. Ss.175177 rep. by 1898 c.37 s.110(2) sch.6 Pt.I. Ss.178180 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954. Ss.181184 rep. by SLR 1874 GRAND JURY (IRELAND) ACT 1836 - SECT 185 Act to extend only to Ireland. 185. This Act shall extend only to Ireland. S.186 rep. by SLR 1874 Schedule (R) rep. by SLR (NI) 1954. Schedule (S) rep. by 1954 c.9 (NI) s.29 sch.7; 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9; SLR 1976. Schedules (T), (X), (Y), (Z) rep. by 1898 c.37 s.110(2) sch.6 Pt.I
BAILII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Donate to BAILII
URL: http://www.bailii.org/nie/legis/num_act/gja1836186.txt