Civil Bill Courts Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1864

Affidavit of landlord admissible in ejectment for nonpayment of rent.

14 & 15 Vict. c. 57.

46. And whereas the eighty-eighth section of the Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act, 1851, is repealed by the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act (Ireland), 1860, and it is expedient to re-enact the provisions of the said section to such extent as is herein-after next mentioned: Be it enacted, that in all proceedings by civil bill ejectments for non-payment of rent, where the defendant shall not appear to defend the same, the affidavit of the landlord or lessor, or his agent or receiver, for ascertaining the amount of the rent due, shall be admissible.