Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland 1860

Receipts to specify gale, and, if not, to be deemed to apply to last gale.

47. Every receipt or acknowledgment for rent or for money paid on account thereof, and given on or after the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, shall specify the gale for or on account of which the same was accepted and paid; and in default thereof such money shall, in any action, suit, or proceeding whatsoever, be deemed to have been paid and accepted for and on account of the gale of rent which became due upon the gale day immediately preceding the date of such payment, and shall be primâ facie evidence that all previously accrued gales have been satisfied.