Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act, 1851

Office copies of judgments, &c. to be evidence.

Evidence of appointments of receivers.

107. In. every proceeding before the court of the assistant barrister or of the judge of assize upon appeal an office copy of any judgment, decree, or order made by or before any court of law or equity in Ireland, certified to be a true copy by the proper officer of such court of law or equity, as the case may be, shall, upon proof of such officer’s handwriting, be deemed and taken as primâ facie evidence of such judgment, decree, or order of such courts respectively: Provided always, that in every civil bill proceeding under this Act, where it may become necessary to proof the appointment of any person to be a receiver in any cause in any of the superior courts of equity in Dublin, an office copy of the order appointing such person such receiver, duly proved as aforesaid, shall be sufficient evidence of the appointment of such person as such receiver; and it shall not be necessary to produce in proof of such appointment the bill and answer or any other proceeding in the cause in which said person shall have been so appointed such receiver.