Fines by Justices Act 1801
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1801 c. 85 |
| Year | 1801 |
(41 Geo. 3) C A P. LXXXV.
[27th June 1801]
'FOR the better bringing to Account and making Payment of such Share of Fines, Forfeitures, and Penalties due to his Majesty, which are not by Law payable to any particular Persons, Commissioners, or others, levied before Justices of the Peace acting out of Session; 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 Authorityof the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for every Justice of the Peace acting out of Session for any County, Riding, City, Borough, Division, or Place, inEngland , to receive all Fines, Forfeitures, and Penalties, imposed by him or any other Justice of the Peace, as aforesaid, acting out of Sessions, and not made payable to any Body or Bodies Corporate, or any Commissioners of any Publick Boards, or any other Person or Persons, and to give Receipts for the same, which Receipts shall be a sufficient Discharge to the Parties by whom the said Fines shall be payable; and every such Justice shall, by himself or Clerk, keep an Account in a Book, to be provided for that Purpose, of the Amount of every Fine, Forfeiture, or Penalty, which shall have been set or imposed by any Adjudication or Order made by every such Justice, specifying the Place and Time and Manner of such Adjudication or Order, the Nature of the Offence, and the Act or Acts under which the same was adjudged, and the Name or Names of the Person or Persons on whom such Fine, Forfeiture, or Penalty was set or imposed; distinguishing whether the same was paid or levied, and what Part or Share thereof, if any, has been or shall be paid or payable to any Body or Bodies Corporate, Commissioners, or Person or Persons, with the Name and Description of such Body or Bodies, Commissioners, Person or Persons, and the Authority under which he, she, or they claimed such Part or Share; and shall annually, previous to the Michaelmas Session, pay into the Hands of every Sheriff of the County or City, and Town and County having a separate Sheriff, for which such Justice shall have acted in imposing such Fines, all such Fines, Forfeitures, or Penalties, or the Parts or Shares of such Fines, Forfeitures, or Penalties...
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