Drainage and Improvement of Lands Act (Ireland) 1863

Arbitrator to make and subscribe Declaration before acting.

25. Before any Arbitrator shall enter upon any Inquiry he shall, in the Presence of a Justice of the Peace, make and subscribe the following Declaration; that is to say,

‘I A.B. do solemnly and sincerely declare, that I will faithfully and honestly, and to the best of my Skill and Ability, hear and determine the Matters referred to me under the Provisions of the Act [naming this Act].

‘A.B.

‘Made and subscribed in the Presence of.’ And such Declaration shall be annexed to the Award when made; and if any Arbitrator, having made such Declaration, wilfully act contrary thereto, he shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor.