S.I. No. 54/1926 - District Court (Fees) Order, 1926.

1. On the delivery of a case stated

10

0

(a) where the case does not exceed five folios of 90 words each ;

10

0

(b) where the case exceeds five folios then for every additional folio

1

0

The original case stated

Adhesive.

2. On entering into a recognisance.

5

0

The recognisance ..

Adhesive.

3. On the issue of a certificate of refusal of a case stated.

5

0

The certificate issued ..

Adhesive.

4. On the issue of a certificate of refusal as provided by Rule 158 of the District Court Rules.

2

6

The certificate issued.

Adhesive.

5. On lodgment with a Clerk of the District Court of a notice of intention to apply for a certificate of transfer of a licence.

5

0

The notice of intention lodged.

Adhesive.

6. On the issue of a certificate of registration of a club.

2

0

0

The certificate issued ..

Adhesive.

7. On obtaining an exemption Order.

5

0

The Order issued ..

Adhesive.

SECTION IV.

Fees payable on appeals to the Circuit Court.

Item

Fee

Document to be stamped

Character of stamp

£

s.

d.

8. On the issue of a certificate of payment of rent and costs as provided by Rule 119 of the District Court Rules.

1

0

The certificate issued ..

Impressed or adhesive.

9. On the issue of a summons in the nature of a subpoena ad testificandum or duces tecum.

1

0

The original summons

Impressed or adhesive.

10. On the issue of a notice of motion.

2

0

The original notice of motion.

Impressed or adhesive.

11. On obtaining a copy of the statement of means as provided by Rule 128 of the District Court Rules.

2

0

The copy furnished ..

Adhesive.

12. On lodging with Clerk of the District Court an affidavit grounding an application for an examination order as provided by Rule 124 of the District Court Rules.

1

0

The affidavit lodged ..

Adhesive.

13. On the issue of an examination order.

1

0

The original order ..

Adhesive.

14. On the issue of an order for the payment of debt and costs as provided by

Section 17

of the

Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1926

.

1

0

The original order ..

Adhesive.

15. On the issue of a summons for committal in default of payment as provided by Rule 131 of the District Court Rules.

1

0

The original summons

Adhesive.

16. On the issue of an order for committal under Section 18, sub

section 1

of the

Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1926

.

1

0

The original order ..

Adhesive.

SECTION III.

Fees payable on licensing applications.

Item

Fee

Document to be stamped

Character of stamp

£

s.

d.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1926. No. 54.

DISTRICT COURT (FEES) ORDER, 1926.

WHEREAS by section 57, sub section 1, of the

Court Officers Act, 1926

(No. 27 of 1926) it is enacted that the Minister for Justice may, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance and the concurrence of the committee with whose concurrence or assistance the rules of the court to which the matter relates are made, by order prescribe and from time to time as occasion requires vary or otherwise revise the fees to be charged in the several offices established by the Act and may by any such order prescribe, in addition to the amounts of such fees, the persons by whom and the occasions on which such fees are to be paid and the officers by whom and the manner in which such fees are to be collected.

And whereas it is expedient that the fees to be charged in the District Court Offices should be those set out in the Schedule hereto.

Now I, Caoimhghin O h-Uigin, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 57, sub

section 1

of the

Court Officers Act, 1926

(No. 27 of 1926) and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling with the sanction of the Minister for Finance and the concurrence duly obtained of the Committee constituted pursuant to the provisions of

section 90

of the

Courts of Justice Act, 1924

(No. 10 of 1924) do hereby order and prescribe as follows:—

(1) This Order may be cited for all purposes as the District Court (Fees) Order, 1926, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1926.

(2) The

Interpretation Act, 1923

(No. 46 of 1923) shall apply to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

(3) The fees set out in the second column of the Schedule to this Order shall be charged in the District Court Offices and shall be payable by persons, other than the members of the Garda Siochana or a person who may be a witness for the prosecution in prosecutions at the suit of the Attorney General of Saorstat Eireann or by the Garda Siochana, in respect of the items set out in the first column of the said Schedule.

(4) The following provisions shall apply in respect of the proceedings set out in the first column of the Schedule to this Order, except where such proceedings are brought in the Metropolitan District, being District No. 31 of the Districts into which Saorstát Eireann was divided for the purposes of the District Court by order of the Minister for Justice dated the 16th day of August, 1924:—

(a) The fees to be taken in accordance with the provisions of this Order shall be taken by stamps.

(b) The stamps used for denoting the said fees shall be of the character, and be applied or otherwise dealt with in the manner prescribed in the third and fourth columns of the Schedule to this Order.

(c) The Justice of the District Court, Peace Commissioner or the Clerk of the District Court issuing or receiving any document to which an adhesive stamp is attached shall cancel such stamp by signing his name over same.

(5) In the Metropolitan District, being District No. 31 of the Districts into which Saorstát Eireann was divided for the purposes of the District Court by order of the Minister for Justice dated the 16th day of August, 1924, the following provisions shall apply in respect of the proceedings set out in the first column of the Schedule :—

(a) The fees to be taken in accordance with the provisions of this Order in respect of the items set out in Sections I. III, IV, and V and of the items set out in Section II of the Schedule to this Order other than items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 12 shall be taken in cash.

(b) The stamps to be used for denoting the fees payable in respect of items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 12 in Section II of the Schedule to this Order shall be of the character and be applied or otherwise dealt with in the manner prescribed in the third and fourth columns of the said Section II,

Given under my Seal of Office this eighteenth day of September, 1926.

C. O h-UIGÍN,

Aire Dli agus Cirt.

SCHEDULE OF FEES.

SECTION I.—Fees payable in cases of summary jurisdiction and preliminary investigation of indictable offences.

SECTION II.—Fees payable in civil proceedings.

SECTION III.—Fees payable in licensing applications.

SECTION IV.—Fees payable on appeals to the Circuit Court.

SECTION V.—Fees payable on case stated.

SECTION I.

Fees payable in cases of summary jurisdiction and preliminary investigation of indictable offences.

Item

Fee

Document to be stamped

Character of stamp

£

s.

d.