Lunacy Act, 1890

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Copy of depositions to be furnished on application.

304.—(1) The clerk to the justices making an order adjudging the settlement of a lunatic, or the clerk of the peace in the case herein-after provided for, shall keep the depositions upon which the order was made, and shall, within seven days after application by any party authorised to appeal against the order, furnish a copy of the depositions to the applicant.

(2) The person applying for a copy of the depositions shall pay for the same at the rate of twopence for every folio of seventy-two words.

(3) No omission or delay in furnishing a copy of the depositions shall be a ground of appeal against the order.

(4) On the trial of any appeal no such order shall be quashed or set aside either wholly or in part on the ground that the depositions do not furnish sufficient evidence to support, or that any matter therein contained or omitted raises an objection to the order or grounds on which the same was made.

(5) If the justices who make any such order have no clerk, they shall send or deliver the depositions to the clerk of the peace of the county or borough to the quarter sessions whereof the appeal lies, and the party obtaining such order shall, in the statement of the grounds of adjudication, state that the justices have no clerk.