The Gazette 1946-49

Oaths for the High Court of Justice in Ireland," shall be received or filed in any Office of the Supreme Court in Northern Ireland without the special permission of one of the Judges of the said Supreme Court, unless such person, being a Solicitor, had been appointed a Commissioner for Oaths for the Supreme Court in Ireland before the coming into operation of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920. Dated this 6th day of May, 1947. JAMES ANDREWS, Lord Chief Justice. N.B. It is suggested that the citation of the Court by which he was appointed as part of the designation of a Commissioner for Oaths at the end of an affidavit is superfluous, and that in fact this addition is frequently omitted from affidavits sworn before Commissioners for Oaths both in England and Ireland. It is therefore suggested that a Commis sioner who takes affidavits for use in Northern Ireland would be entitled to describe himself simply as " Commissioner for Oaths." NEW STAMP DUTIES. Finance (No. 2) Act, 1947. SPECIMEN forms of the certificates prepared by the Revenue Commissioners referred to in the above- mentioned section are printed below. These specimens are not intended to be precedents but are intended merely to be a guide to solicitors, etc., as to the matter essential to be contained in such certificates and as to the form in which it is desirable that same should be couched. It is desired to draw attention specially to the fact that in order to comply with sub-sections (4) and (6) the appropriate cer tificate must in every case be expressed to be given by the party to whom the property is conveyed or transferred. SUB-SECTION (2) (fe) (i) I/We certify that the transaction hereby effected does not form part of a larger transaction or of a series of transactions, in respect of which the amount or value, or the aggregate amount or value, of the consideration exceeds £500. or in the case of Voluntary Dispositions inter vivos. I/We certify that the transaction hereby effected does not form part of a larger transaction or of a series of transactions, in respect of which the value, or the aggregate value, of the property conveyed or transferred exceeds £500. SUB-SECTION (2) (b) (ii) I/We certify that the transaction hereby effected does not form part of a larger transaction or of a series of transactions. 54

Law Agent, Bank of Ireland, on the legal position in regard to certificates of discharge from death duties which is considered to be unsatisfactory, and appointed a deputation consisting of the President, Mr. Quirke, Vice-President, and Mr. Patrick F. O'Reilly to meet representatives from the Banks and to make any necessary representations to the Revenue Commissioners. Land Registry Fees THE Council considered a report from a Committee which considered correspondence received from a member of the Society pointing out that Land Registry Fees in respect of dealings with ground rents are assessed, not on the capital value of the ground rents, but on a fictitious capital value based on the Poor Law Valuation of the premises, out of which the ground rents are payable. This frequently results in fees being assessed on a value approxi mately five or six times the capital value of the rents. It was ordered that representations should be made to the Registrar of Titles on the matter. Costs under the Labourers' Acts THE President. reported that he had attended with Mr. Shaw and the Secretary at the Local Govern ment Department where the deputation had been received by the Secretary to the Department. It has been suggested on behalf of the Society that a new Labourers' Order should be made increasing the costs payable to solicitors acting for the local authorities and solicitors acting for the owners of lands, in conformity with the recent increases under the Solicitors' Remuneration General Order, 1947, and the Land Registration (Solicitors' Costs) Rules, 1947. It is understood that a new Labourers' Order will be prepared at an early date and that the Presi dent of the Society will be consulted before it is signed. Applications under Section 47 Two applications from solicitors under Section 47 were considered and granted on payment of the current licence duty. AFFIDAVITS FOR USE IN NORTHERN IRELAND THE following is a copy of an Order made by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland : I, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ANDREWS, BARONET, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, do hereby Order and Direct that no Affidavit purporting to be sworn before any person describing himself as " a Commissioner for