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DISTRICT COURT RULES 1955
THE District Court Rules 1955 have come into
force on the ist June, 1955 and are fully set out
in S.I. No. 83 of 195 5. These rules amend the 1948
Rules as regards.
a)
Infants suing by the next friend.
Enlargement and abridgment of times.
f)
Fees of Summons Server.
(d)
Copies of Orders of Documents.
(«) Grant of off Licences.
(/) Time for Entry.
(g) Preparation of Cases Stated.
Members may obtain copies from the Government
Publications Sale Office, price 6d. or 8d. including
postage.
MASTER OF THE HIGH COURT
DAYS OF SITTING
As a result of the Council's representations, the
Master of the High Court has agreed, as an ex–
periment, to sit in future on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Thursdays on and from Monday 4th July, 1955
until the end of Trinity Term.
Members will please note that no application
for an undefended judgment can be entertained
for a Wednesday sitting unless the necessary papers
are filed before 3 p.m. on Tuesday ; the same rule
will apply to Thursday sittings, save that the necess–
ary papers may be filed until 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
In vacation time, the Master will sit in future on
Mondays and Wednesdays only.
NOTICE, TO BANKS, STOCK–
BROKERS AND SOLICITORS.
ISSUE OF 4i% TRANSPORT
STOCK 1972-77
EXCHANGE CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
i. Permission has been granted under the
Exchange Control Order, 1947, for the allotment
of stock of the above issue to persons resident
outside the Scheduled Territories (including the
nominees of persons so resident) and the registration
of stock over the names and addresses of such
persons provided that
(a)
(i) in the case of residents of the Dollar
Area payment is made in Irish currency
or sterling from an account (whether
free or blocked) of a resident of the
Dollar Area or in U.S. or Canadian
Dollars,
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(ii) in the case of residents of other countries
outside the Scheduled Territories pay–
ment is made as above or in Irish currency
from any blocked or free foreign account
or in transferable or blocked sterling;
(b)
in the case of registration the form of applica–
tion is submitted by an Irish or British bank,
stockbroker or solicitor if the original
allottee has renounced the allotment.
2. Banks, stockbrokers and solicitors should not,
without reference to the Department of Finance,
submit applications for allotment or registration
on behalf of persons whom they know to be resident
outside the Scheduled Territories, or to be the
nominees of persons so resident, unless they are
aware that payment has been made in accordance
with paragraph i
(a)
above. In the absence of
evidence to the contrary an applicant may be
assumed to be resident in the country of address
shown in the relative application and not a nominee
of another person.
3. The Scheduled Territories are Ireland, Great
Britain and its dependent territories, the Channel
Islands, the Isle of Man, the Commonwealth of
Australia and its dependent territories, New Zealand
and its dependent territories, the Union of South
Africa and South-West Africa, Southern Rhodesia,
India, Pakistan, Iraq, Iceland, Burma, Ceylon,
the Hashemite Kingdom of the Jordan, the United
Kingdom of Libya.
4. The Dollar-Area comprises
Canada, the United States of America and any
territory under the sovereignty of the United
States of America, Pacific Islands formerly
under Japanese administration but now under
United States administration, Bolivia, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Republic of
Honduras, Liberia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,
the Philippine Islands, El Salvador, Venezuela.
An Roinn Airgeadais,
Baile Atha Cliath.
20 Aibrean, 1955.
Department of Finance,
Dublin.
20 April, 1955.
SOLICITORS' BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION.
MR. Richard O'Brien, Chairman of the Association,
speaking at the 9151 Annual General Meeting said
that the income for the year was £2,368, an increase
of
£106
on the previous year, largely due to increased
support from the local Bar Associations. Grants