A.D. 1924. A mendment of s. 11 of County Courts Act, 1919. 9 & 10 Geo.5. c. 73. breach of promise of marriage, shall, if any party (c) Any action, not being an action to which para- Provided that if on the trial of any action 10 66 (2) In this section the expression "action" includes any matter or other proceeding requiring to be tried, and the expression equity jurisdiction" in relation to a 20 county court means the equity jurisdiction given to county courts by section sixty-seven of the County Courts Act, 1888. 14. The following proviso shall be substituted for proviso (ii) to subsection (1) of section eleven of the 25 County Courts Act, 1919 (which relates to costs of actions commenced in the High Court which could have been commenced in a county court)- "(ii) if in any action the claim is for a debt or liquidated demand only for a sum of twenty 30 pounds or upwards and (a) the defendant pays the amount claimed or a sum of not less than twenty pounds within the time limited in that behalf by the endorsement made on the writ in accordance with 35 the rules of the Supreme Court; or (b) the plaintiff, within twenty-eight days after the service of the writ or within such further time as may be allowed by the court or a judge, obtains judgment in default of 40 appearance or of defence for a sum of twenty pounds or upwards; or 5 10 (c) the plaintiff, within twenty-eight days A.D. 1924. after the service of the writ or within such further time as may be allowed by the court or a judge, obtains under any rule of the Supreme Court providing for summary judgment without trial an order empowering him to sign judgment for a sum of twenty pounds or upwards, either unconditionally or unless that sum is paid into court or to the plaintiff's solicitor; of money recovered in the plaintiff shall, unless otherwise ordered by the court or a judge, be entitled to costs on such scale as may be prescribed by rules of court." 15.-(1) Where in any cause or matter in the King's Transfer to 15 Bench Division of the High Court, money is in any county court manner recovered by or on behalf of, or adjudged or ordered to be paid to or for the benefit of, a person who High Court is an infant or of unsound mind, the High Court or a by infants, judge may order the money or any part thereof to be &c. 20 paid into or transferred to the county court of the district in which that person resides or such other county court as the High Court or judge may order, and the money or the part thereof to which the order relates shall thereupon be paid or transferred accordingly, and 25 shall, subject to any special order or direction of the High Court or a judge and to rules of court, be invested, applied or otherwise dealt with for the benefit of that person in the same manner as if it had been money paid into a county court in proceedings under the Workmen's 30 Compensation Acts, 1906 to 1923, and ordered by the judge of the court to be invested, applied or otherwise dealt with. (2) The provisions of this section shall apply to any money which in proceedings under the Fatal Accidents 35 Acts, 1846 to 1908, is recovered by or adjudged or ordered to be paid to the widow of the person killed as they apply to money recovered by or adjudged or ordered to be paid to an infant. (3) [The Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence 40 of the Treasury, by order prescribe the fees to be charged in respect of the payment and investment of money or the application thereof or dealing therewith under this A.D. 1924. Amendment as to funds in court. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 44. (4) Where, before the commencement of this Act, any money recovered in any cause or matter in the King's Bench Division of the High Court by or on behalf of a person who is an infant or of unsound mind has been paid to the Public Trustee, it shall be lawful for the 5 Public Trustee to pay that money, or so much of it as remains in his possession, into the county court of the district in which that person resides, and any money so transferred shall be invested, applied or dealt with in the same manner as if it had been paid into the county court 10 under subsection (1) of this section. (5) County court rules may be made for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this section so far as they relate to the receipt of money into the county courts and the investment thereof or application thereof 15 or dealing therewith and the duties of registrars of county courts, and any such rules may provide for the transfer of money paid into a county court under this section from one county court to another. 16. (1) The following paragraph shall be sub- 20 stituted for paragraph (9) of section eighteen of the Court of Chancery (Funds) Act, 1872 (which gives power to the Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Treasury, to make rules for carrying that Act into effect): 66 (9) Dealing with (a) accounts on which the balance of money and securities together amounts to less than five pounds; 25 (b) accounts on which that balance amounts 30 to five pounds or more, but less than fifty pounds, and which have not been dealt with for a period of five years; (c) accounts on which that balance amounts to fifty pounds or more and which have not 35 been dealt with for a period of fifteen years; and providing for the publication of lists of all or any of such last-mentioned accounts." (2) Accounts in such form as the Treasury may direct, including all such accounts as may be necessary 40 for carrying into effect the orders of the High Court, shall be kept for the purposes of the Court of Chancery 46 & 47 Vict. c. 29. (Funds) Act, 1872, as amended by the Supreme Court A.D. 1924. of Judicature (Funds, &c.) Act, 1883, and this Act, and separate accounts shall be kept for the transactions under those Acts of the Accountant-General of the 5 Supreme Court and of the National Debt Commissioners and of the liability of the Consolidated Fund under those Acts. The accounts to be kept as aforesaid shall be examined by the Comptroller and Auditor-General, and 10 the Treasury shall cause copies of the accounts certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General, together with his report thereon, to be sent to the Lord Chancellor and to be laid before both Houses of Parliament. deeds of 17.-(1) The office for the registration of deeds of Amendment 15 arrangement under the Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1914 as to regis(in this section referred to as "the Act of 1914 "), shall tration of be transferred to the Board of Trade, and the registrar for the purposes of the Act of 1914 shall be appointed by the Board of Trade, and references in that Act to the 20 registrar of bills of sale or to the registrar for the purposes of that Act shall be construed as references to the registrar so appointed. (2) Subsection (1) of section five of the Act of 1914 (which provides that a copy of every deed to be registered 25 shall be presented to the registrar) shall have effect as if it provided that there shall be presented to the registrar such number of copies of the deed and of every schedule or inventory annexed thereto or referred to therein as he may deem to be necessary for the purpose of carrying 30 out the requirements of the Act of 1914 as amended by this section. (3) Paragraph (c) of section six of the Act of 1914 (which provides that a short statement of the nature and effect of the deed shall be entered in the register) shall 35 cease to have effect. arrangement. 4 & 5 Geo. 5. C. 47. c. 77. (4) Subsection (2) of section twenty-six of the Act of 1914 (which provides that section twenty-six of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1875, as amended by 38 & 39 Vict. any subsequent enactment, shall apply to fees under the 40 Act of 1914), shall apply only to fees to be taken in the Supreme Court in respect of matters arising under the Act of 1914 as amended by this section, [and all other fees whatsoever to be taken under the Act of 1914 shall be A.D. 1924. prescribed by order made by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Treasury and not otherwise, and all such other fees shall be paid into such account as the Treasury may direct. Amendment of Bills of Sale Acts, 1878 and 1882, with respect to local registration of bills of sale. (5) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4) of 5 this section, rules for carrying into effect the provisions of the Act of 1914, as amended by this section, other than the provisions of section seven thereof, may be made by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the President of the Board of Trade, and, subject as aforesaid, the 10 expression "prescribed" in the Act of 1914 shall mean prescribed by rules made under this subsection. (6) This section shall be construed as one with the Act of 1914. 18.-(1) Section eleven of the Bills of Sale Act 15 (1878) Amendment Act, 1882 (which makes provision for the local registration of the contents of bills of sale), shall have effect as if it required the registrar of bills of sale to transmit to county court registrars copies of the bills instead of abstracts of the contents of the bills, and 20 references in that section to the abstract transmitted and 45 & 46 Vict. the abstract registered shall be construed accordingly. c. 43. c. 31. (2) Section ten of the Bills of Sale Act, 1878, shall 41 & 42 Vict. have effect as though it required the presentation to the registrar on the registration of a bill of sale, in addition 25 to the copy of the bill of sale mentioned in paragraph (2) of that section, of such number of copies of the bill and every schedule and inventory annexed thereto as the registrar may deem to be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the requirements of the said section eleven 30 as amended by this section. Administration bonds. 66 19.-(1) Every person to whom a grant of administration is made shall give a bond (in this section referred to as an administration bond ") to the senior registrar of the Probate Division by the name of " the principal probate 35 registrar," and, subject as hereinafter provided, if the senior probate registrar, or, where the grant was made in a district registry, the district probate registrar, so requires, with one or more sureties conditioned for duly collecting, getting in, and administering the real and personal estate 40 of the deceased. |