Inferior Courts Act 1844
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1844 c. 19 |
| Year | 1844 |
(7 & 8 Vict.) C A P. XIX.
[6th June 1844]
'WHEREAS Courts are holden in and for sundry Counties, Hundreds, and Wapentakes, Honours, Manors, and other Lordships, Liberties, and Franchises, having by Custom or Charter Jurisdiction for the Recovery of Debts and Damages in personal Actions, and in many Places great Extortion is practised under Colour of the Process of such Courts:' For Remedy thereof, be it enacted by the Queen'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, Thatthe Judge of every such Court shall have Power to appoint a sufficient Number of proper and responsible Persons to act as Bailiffs of the said Court, and in the Execution of the Process thereof, and to suspend or dismiss any such Bailiff for Misconduct, and no Bailiff so dismissed shall be qualified to be reappointed; and the Bailiffs of the Court so appointed, and no other Persons, save as herein-after mentioned, shall serve all Summonses, and execute all Orders, Warrants, Precepts, Writs, and other Processes issued out of the said Court; and a List containing the Name and Place of Abode of every such Bailiff shall be put up in a conspicuous Place in the said Court: Provided always, that this Act shall not extend to prevent any Process from being executed by any High Sheriff or High Bailiff, or any Officer appointed by Act of Parliament to perform the Duties of Sheriff with regard to the Execution of Process out of any such Court, or his or their bound Bailiffs or other Officers.
II Bailiffs to give Security.
II. And be it enacted, That every Bailiff so appointed under this Act shall give to the said Judge Security, in such Sum and Manner and Form as he shall from Time to Time order, for the due Performance of his Office, and for Payment of all Monies received by him in the Execution of his Office.
III Bailiffs taking Fees other than those allowed to be discharged.
III. And be it enacted, That every Bailiff authorized to execute the Process of any such Court who shall wilfully and corruptly exact, take, or accept any Fee or Reward whatsoever other than and except such Fees as shall be allowed by Law and declared by Order of the Court...
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