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Conviction.

144. The Justices before whom any Person shall be con- Form of victed of any Offence against this or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, may cause the Conviction to be drawn up according to the Form in the Schedule (C.) to this Act annexed".

spe

not void for

Quarter Ses

Justice:

145. No Proceeding in pursuance of this or the special Act, Proceedings or any Act incorporated therewith, shall be quashed or vaca- Informality: ted for Want of Form, nor shall the same be removed by Certiorari or otherwise into any of the Superior Courts. no Certiorari. 146. If any Party shall feel aggrieved by any Determina- Appeal to tion or Adjudication of any Justice with respect to any sions against Penalty or Forfeiture under the Provisions of this or the decision of cial Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, such Party may appeal to the General Quarter Sessions for the County or Place in which the Cause of Appeal shall have arisen; but no Limit of such Appeal shall be entertained unless it be made within time for Four Months next after the making of such Determination or Adjudication, nor unless Ten Days Notice in Writing of such Notice; Appeal, stating the Nature and Grounds thereof, be given to the Party against whom the Appeal shall be brought, nor unless the Appellant forthwith after such Notice enter into Re- Security. cognizances, with Two sufficient Sureties, before a Justice, conditioned duly to prosecute such Appeal, and to abide the Order of the Court thereon.

appeal:

sions to de

such Order as

reasonable:

147. At the Quarter Sessions for which such Notice shall Quarter Sesbe given, the Court shall proceed to hear aud determine the cide appeal, Appeal in a summary Way, or they may, if they think fit, and make adjourn it to the following Sessions; and upon the Hearing of they think such Appeal, the Court may, if they think fit, mitigate any Penalty or Forfeiture, or they may confirm or quash the Adjudication, and order any Money paid by the Appellant or levied by Distress upon his Goods, to be returned to him, and may also order such further Satisfaction to be made to the Party injured as they may judge reasonable; and they may Costs. make such Order concerning the Costs, both of the Adjudication and of the Appeal, as they may think reasonable.

application

148. Provided always, and be it enacted, That, notwith- Proviso as to standing anything herein or in the special Act or any Act of Penalties incorporated therewith contained, every Penalty and For- in Metropoli

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tan Police District.

feiture imposed by this or the special Act or any Act incorporated therewith, or by any Bye-law in pursuance thereof, in respect of any Offence which shall take place within the Metropolitan Police District", shall be recovered, enforced, accounted for, and, except where the Application thereof is otherwise specially provided for, shall be paid to the Receiver of the Metropolitan Police District, and shall be applied in the same Manner as Penalties or Forfeitures, other than Fines upon drunken Persons, or upon Constables for Misconduct, or for Assaults upon Police Constables, are directed to be recovered, enforced, accounted for, paid, and applied by an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of Her present Ma2 & 3 Vict. jesty, intituled An Act for regulating the Police Courts in the Metropolis; and every Order or Conviction of any of the Police Magistrates in respect of any such Forfeiture or Penalty shall be subject to the like Appeal, and upon the same Terms, as is provided in respect of any Order or Conviction of any of the said Police Magistrates by the said last-mentioned Act; and every Magistrate by whom any Order or Conviction shall have been made shall have the same Power of binding over the Witnesses who shall have been examined, and such Witnesses shall be entitled to the same Allowance of Expenses, as he or they would have had or been entitled to in case the Order, Conviction, and Appeal had been made in pursuance of the Provisions of the said last-mentioned Act.

c. 71.

Persons
giving false
Evidence
liable to

Penalties of
Perjury.

Access to special Act.

Copies of

special Act
to be kept
and depo-
sited, and

allowed to
be inspected.

149... Any Person who, upon any Examination upon Oath under the Provisions of this or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, shall wilfully and corruptly give false Evidence, shall be liable to the Penalties of wilful and corrupt Perjury.b

And with respect to the Provision to be made for affording Access to the special Act by all Parties interested, be it enacted as follows:

150. The Company shall, at all Times after the Expiration of Six Months after the passing of the special Act, keep in their principal Office of Business a Copy of the special Act, printed by the Printers to Her Majesty, or some of them ; and

a 2 & 3 Vic. c. 71: London Metropolitan Police Act.

b And see § 143, for non-attendance or refusal to give evidence (p. 296)

where the Undertaking shall be a Railway, Canal, or other like Undertaking, the Works of which shall not be confined to One Town or Place, shall also within the Space of such Six Months deposit in the Office of each of the Clerks of the Peace of the several Counties into which the Works shall extend, a Copy of such special Act so printed as aforesaid; and the said Clerks of the Peace shall receive, and they and the Company respectively shall retain, the said Copies of the special Act, and shall permit all Persons interested to inspect the same, and make Extracts or Copies therefrom, in the like Mauner and upon the like Terms, and under the like Penalty for Default, as is provided in the Case of certain Plans and Sections by an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to compel Clerks of the Peace for Counties and other Persons to take the Custody of such Documents as shall be directed to be deposited with them under the Standing Orders of either House of Parliament".

Company

151. If the Company shall fail to keep or deposit, as herein- Penalty on before mentioned, any of the said Copies of the special Act, failing to they shall forfeit Twenty Pounds for every such Offence, and keep or de also Five Pounds for every Day afterwards during which such Copy shall be not so kept or deposited.

posit Act

152. And be it enacted, That this Act shall not extend to Extent of Scotland.

Act.

Scotland.

SCHEDULES

REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING ACT.

I.

SCHEDULE (A.)b

Form of Conveyance.

of in Consideration of the Sum of

paid [to me, or, as the Case may be, into the Bank of England or Bank of Ireland], in the Name and with the Privity of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, ex parte "The Promoters of the Undertaking" [naming them] or to A.B. of and C.D. of Two Trustees appointed to receive the same], pursuant to the [here name the special Act], by the [here name the Company or other Promoters of the Undertaking], incorporated for constituted] by the said Act, do hereby conb§ 81, (p. 268.)

* 1 Vic. c. 83; (XXIII. 2, 3.)

vey to the said Company [or other Description], their Successors and Assigns, all [describing the Premises to be conveyed], together with all Ways, Rights, and Appurtenances thereto belonging, and all such Estate, Right, Title, and Interest in and to the same as I am or shall become seised or possessed of, or am by the said Act empowered to convey, to hold the Premises to the said Company [or other Description], their Successors and Assigns, for ever, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the said Act. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal, the Day of in the Year of our Lord

I,

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SCHEDULE (B.)a

Form of Conveyance on Chief Rent.

in Consideration of the Rentcharge to be paid to me, my Heirs and Assigns, as herein-after mentioned, by "The Promoters of the Undertaking" [naming them], incorporated [or constituted] by virtue of the [here name the special Act], do hereby convey to the said Company [or other Description], their Successors and Assigns, all [describing the Premises to be conveyed], together with all Ways, Rights, and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, and all my Estate, Right, Title, and Interest in and to the same and every Part thereof, to hold the said Premises to the said Company [or other Description], their Successors and Assigns, for ever, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the said Act, they the said Company [or other description], their Successors and Assigns, yielding and paying unto me, my Heirs and Assigns, One clear yearly Rent of by equal quarterly [or half-yearly, as agreed upon,] Portions henceforth on the [stating the Days], clear of all Taxes and Deductions. In witness whereof I hereunto set my Hand and Seal, the in the Year of our Lord

of

Day

to wit.

SCHEDULE (C.)
Form of Conviction".

Be it remembered, That on the

our Lord

Day of

in the Year of

A. B., is convicted before us, C.D., Two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of [here describe the Offence generally, and the Time and Place when and where committed}, contrary to the [here name the special Act]. Given under our Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first above written.

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XX.-LANDS, IRELAND.

14 & 15 VICT., Cap. 70.

An Act to alter and amend certain Provisions of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, so far as relates to Ireland.

[7th August, 1851.]

WHEREAS, on account of Circumstances connected with the Tenure of Land in Ireland, the Provisions of the Lands Clauses 8 Vie c. 18. Consolidation Act, 1845, are found to be unsuited to the existing Condition of that Country; and it is expedient that some Provision should be made for ascertaining the Purchase Money or Compensation to be paid by Railway Companies in Ireland for the Lands required for their Undertakings, and for determining Differences with respect to the Works to be made and maintained by such Companies for the Accommodation of the Owners and Occupiers of Lands adjoining such Railways Be it therefore enacted"...as follows:

1. In citing this Act in other Acts of Parliament, legal Short Title of Instruments, Proceedings at Law or in Equity, and all other Act. Instruments and Proceedings whatsoever, it shall be sufficient to use the Expression "The Railways Act (Ireland), 1851."

Railways in

2. This Act shall apply to every Railway in Ireland Act to apply authorized to be made by any Act passed in this Session of to future Parliament, or which shall hereafter be passed, and which Ireland, shall authorize the Purchase or Taking of Lands for such Rail- except way, and also to every Railway or Portion of a Railway in Ireland by any Act heretofore passed authorized to be made in relation to which the compulsory Powers for taking Lands are still in force; and this Act shall be incorporated with and form Part of the Acts authorizing the said Undertakings: Provided always, that this Act shall not apply to the Railways authorized to be made by "The Waterford and Limerick Waterford Railway Amendment Act, 1850b," "The Dublin and Drogheda and Lime

See note in p. 1.

13 & 14 Vict. c. xxix: see d, in p. 302.

rick;

Dublin and
Drogheda;

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