The housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, annotated, with appendices containing the Incorporated Statutory Provisions, the Working Classes Dwellings Act, 1890, the Standing Orders of Parliament related to Provisional Orders, and the Circulars, Memoranda and Orders of the Local Government Board under the Act / by he author of "The Local Loans of England and Wales".

  • Allan, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1861-1929.
Date:
1890
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Credit: The housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, annotated, with appendices containing the Incorporated Statutory Provisions, the Working Classes Dwellings Act, 1890, the Standing Orders of Parliament related to Provisional Orders, and the Circulars, Memoranda and Orders of the Local Government Board under the Act / by he author of "The Local Loans of England and Wales". Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    Distress not unlaw- ful for Want of Form. unless seven days' previous notice in wi-iting, stating the amount so due, and demanding payment thereof, have been given to such treasui-er or left at his residence ; and if such treasurer pay any money under such distress as aforesaid he may retain the amount so paid by him, and all costs and expenses occasioned thereby, out of any money belonging to the promoters of the undertaking coming into his custody or control, or he may sue them for the same. Section 141. No distress levied by virtue of this or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, shall be deemed unlawful, nor shall any party making the same be deemed a trespasser, on account of any defect or want of form in the summons, conviction, warrant of distress, or other proceediug relating thereto, nor shall such party be deemed a trespasser ab initio on account of any irregularity after- wards committed by him, but all pei'sons aggrieved by such defect or irregularity may recover full satisfaction for the special damage in an action upon the case. Section 142. No person shall be liable to the payment of any penalty or forfeiture imposed by virtue of this or the special Act, or any Act incor])orated therewith, for any oifence made cognizable before a justice, unless the complaint respecting such offence shall have been made before such justice within six months next after the commission of such offence. Section 143. It shall be lawful for any justice to summon any person to appear before him as a witness in any matter in which such justice shall have jurisdiction under the provisions of this or the special Act, at a time and jjlace mentioned in such summons, and to administer to him an oath to testify the truth in such matter; and if any person so summoned shall, without reasonable excuse, refuse or neglect to appear at the time and place appointed for that purpose, having been paid or tendered a reasonable sum for his expenses, or if any person appearing shall refuse to be examined upon oath or to give evidence before any justice, every such person shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five poimds for every such offence. Form of Section 144. The justices before whom any person shall be con- Coavic- victed of any offence against this or the special Act, or any Act tion. incorporated therewith, may cause the conviction to be drawn up according l^g the form in the Schedule (C.) to this Act annexed. Proceed- Section 145. No proceeding'' in pursuance of this or the specia£_ iugs not to Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, shall be quashed or vacate boqiiashed for Want » In computing the six months, the day on which the offence was coni'l of Form, mitted is to be excluded. See Hardy v. Rylc, 9 B. & C. 603. J ^ Inquisitions are proceedings within the meaning of this section. See V. Sheffield, tOc, By. Co., 1 Rail. Gas. 537; 11 A. & E. 194; Beg. v. Bristol Exeter By. Co., 11 A. & E. 202. Penalties to bo sued for within Six Jlonths. Penalty on Wit- nesses making default.