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being thereof duly convicted, shall be liable to such pains and penalties as by any laws now in force any persons convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury are subject and liable to.

XCII. And be it Enacted, That in any action or plaint, or citation and claim, or other proceeding to be tried before any of the said Judges in Ordinary, it shall and may be lawful for the said Judge, if he deem any witness or party examined on oath to have committed perjury, to direct such witness or party to be prosecuted for the same by the clerk of the peace of the country within which the witness or party was sworn; and such clerk of the peace shall prefer an indictment or indictments against such witness or party, and prosecute the same according to the course of the law, at the expense of the country.

XCIII. And be it Enacted, That wheresoever by any provision in this Act any person is required to swear upon any matter, or to verify any matter or think upon oath, or wheresoever any Judge in Ordinary is authorized to administer any oath, such person shall, if one of the people called Quakers, by such provision be authorized to affirm, or to verify on his affirmation; and such Judge shall be authorized to administer such affirmation to any person being one of the people called Quakers.

XCIV. And be it Enacted, That if any action or plaint, or citation and claim of legacy, or matter referred to arbitration, standing for trial before any Judge in Ordinary, shall appear to him to be fit to be tried in private, such Judge shall and may, with the consent of both parties or their counsel or attornies, proceed to try the same in private, at such place as he may think proper to appoint.

XCV. And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful for any person who hath or shall have any claim, complaint or demand against any other person, either at law or in equity, in respect of any debt or right or tort, or in any other respect whatever, or against whom any other person hath or shall have or pretend to have any such claim demand or complaint at law or in equity, to cite the person against whom he shall have or who shall have or pretend to have against him such claim, demand or complaint, to appear before the Judge in Ordinary of the country wherein such person being the adverse party resides, to have the matter in dispute or which may come into dispute between them heard and advised upon by the said Judge, which hearing and advice shall be called proceeding for reconcilement; and such Judge shall appoint the times when and the places where he may please to sit and hold his Court of Reconcilement.

XCVI. And be it Enacted, That such Court of Reconcilement shall be holden at a convenient time during or after the ordinary sittings.



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Date_1

1830-06-21

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

004

Main Headings

lord brougham displayed

Folio number

022

Info in main headings field

Image

002

Titles

[[titles::11 geo. iv sess. 1830 / a bill [as amended by the committee] / for establishing courts of local jurisdiction]]

Category

printed material

Number of Pages

44

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

(2-43)

Penner

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Paper Producer

Corrections

jeremy bentham

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

1943

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