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Amendment of Record in Civil Actions Act 1828

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 1 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1828 c. 15
Year1828
Anno Regni GEORGII IV. Britanniarum Regis, Nono. An Act to prevent a Failure of Justice by reason of Variances between Records and Writings produced in Evidence in support thereof.

(9 Geo. 4) C A P. XV.

[9th May 1828]

'WHEREAS great Expence is often incurred, and Delay or Failure of Justice takes place at Trials, by reason of Variances between Writings produced in Evidence and the Recital or setting forth thereof upon the Record on which the Trial is had, in Matters not material to the Merits of the Case, and such Record cannot now in any Case be amended at the Trial, and in some Cases cannot be amended at any Time: for Remedy thereof,' Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, Thatit shall and may be lawful for every Court of Record holding Plea in Civil Actions, any Judge sitting at Nisi Prius, and any Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery inEngland, Wales , the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed , and Ireland , if such Court or Judge shall see fit so to do, to cause the Record on which any Trial may be pending before any such Judge or Court in any Civil Action, or in any Indictment or Information for any Misdemeanor, when any Variance shall appear between any Matter in Writing or in Print produced in Evidence and the Recital or setting forth thereof upon the...

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