County Courts Westminster and Southwark Act 1859

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1859 c. 8
Anno Regni VICTORI, Britanniarum Regin,Vicesimo Secundo. An Act to repeal the Thirty-second Section of the Act ‘for the more easy Recovery of Small ‘Debts and Demands inEngland ,’ and to make further Provision in lieu thereof.’

(22 Vict.) C A P. VIII.

[25th March 1859]

'WHEREAS it is provided by the Thirty-second Section of the Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Ninth and Tenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Ninety-five, that, until Parliament should otherwise direct, the High Bailiff ofWestminster should have the Execution of all Process issuing out of any of the Courts holden under that Act the Jurisdiction of which should include the City and Liberty of Westminster or any Part thereof, and should be deemed the High Bailiff of such Courts, and the High Bailiff of Southwark should have the Execution of all Process issuing out of any of the said Courts the Jurisdiction of which should include the Borough of Southwark or any Part thereof, and should be deemed the High Bailiff of such last-mentioned Courts, and no other High Bailiff should be appointed for such Courts: And whereas under the Provisions of the said Act a Court was established, and called the Westminster County Court of Middlesex , and the High Bailiff of Westminster had the Execution of all Process which issued thereout, and was deemed the High Bailiff thereof, and another Court was established, and called the Southwark County Court of Surrey , and the High Bailiff of Southwark had the Execution of all Process which issued thereout, and was deemed the High Bailiff thereof: And whereas the Persons for whose Benefit the said Thirty-second Section was enacted are deceased, and it is expedient that Provision be now made by Parliament for the Performance of the Duties of the Office of High Bailiff of these Courts by Persons who will be able to devote their whole Time thereto:' 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, as follows:

S-I Section 32. of 9 & 10 Vict. c. 95. repealed, and other Provisions made as to Appointments of High Bailiffs of...

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