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MAINTENANCE ORDERS (FACILITIES FOR ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1920 - SECT 4

Power of court of summary jurisdiction to confirm maintenance order made out of the United Kingdom.

4.(1) Where a maintenance order has been made by a court in a part of His
Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom to which this Act extends, and
the order is provisional only and has no effect unless and until confirmed by
a court of summary jurisdiction in... Ireland, and a certified copy of the
order, together with the depositions of witnesses and a statement of the
grounds on which the order might have been opposed has been transmitted to the
Secretary of State, and it appears to the Secretary of State that the person
against whom the order was made is resident in... Ireland, the Secretary of
State may send the said documents to the prescribed officer of a court of
summary jurisdiction, with a requisition that a summons be issued calling upon
the person to show cause why that order should not be confirmed, and upon
receipt of such documents and requisition the court shall issue such a summons
and cause it to be served upon such person.

(2) A summons so issued may be served in... Ireland in the same manner as if
it had been originally issued or subsequently endorsed by a court of summary
jurisdiction having jurisdiction in the place where the person happens to be.

(3) At the hearing it shall be open to the person on whom the summons was
served to raise any defence which he might have raised in the original
proceedings had he been a party thereto, but no other defence, and the
certificate from the court which made the provisional order stating the
grounds on which the making of the order might have been opposed if the person
against whom the order was made had been a party to the proceedings shall be
conclusive evidence that those grounds are grounds on which objection may be
taken.

(4) If at the hearing the person served with the summons does not appear or,
on appearing, fails to satisfy the court that the order ought not to be
confirmed, the court may confirm the order either without modification or with
such modifications as to the court after hearing the evidence may seem just.

(5) If the person against whom the summons was issued appears at the hearing
and satisfies the court that for the purpose of any defence it is necessary to
remit the case to the court which made the provisional order for the taking of
any further evidence, the court may so remit the case and adjourn the
proceedings for the purpose.

(6) Where a provisional order has been confirmed under this section, it may be
varied or rescinded in like manner as if it had originally been made by the
confirming court, and where on an application for rescission or variation the
court is satisfied that it is necessary to remit the case to the court which
made the order for the purpose of taking any further evidence, the court may
so remit the case and adjourn the proceedings for the purpose.

(7) Where an order has been so confirmed, the person bound thereby shall have
the same right of appeal, if any, against the confirmation of the order as he
would have had against the making of the order had the order been an order
made by the court confirming the order.

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