Judgments (Ireland) Act, 1844

3 & 4 Vict. c. 105.

Entries of decrees, orders, &c. under recited Act to be made by officer under this Act; and books to be transferred to his office.

Entries under recited Act to be deemed to be made under this Act, and to operate from dates of entry, and to be subject to provisions for re-registration.

3. And whereas under and by virtue of the Debtors (Ireland) Act, 1840, provision is made for entries of the decrees, orders, and rules therein mentioned, in like manner as the aforesaid judgments and rules are hereby required to be registered, in order to bind purchasers, mortgagees, and creditors: Be it enacted, that from and after the first day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-four all such entries as last aforesaid shall be made by the officer for the time being appointed under the authority of this Act; and that all books belonging to the office established under the said last-mentioned Act shall, on the close of the said first day of November, be deposited in the office established by this Act, and shall be considered as part of the books to which access is to be had . . . , as herein-after provided; and that all entries of decrees, orders, and rules which have already been or on or before the said first day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty-four shall be made in the said books, under the provisions of the said last-mentioned Act, shall be deemed to be entries made under the provisions of this Act, and shall operate from the time of such entries precisely as if the same had been registered under the authority of this Act, and be subject to the provisions hereafter contained with respect to re-registering.