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third parties. In other cases the false particulars
were written in manuscript by some person un
known. The Council were satisfied that the solicitor
whose typewriter was used for the falsification of
the baptismal certificates was in fact unaware that
this had been done.
Two cases have been brought to the notice o f the
Society in which solicitors at the request o f clients
signed letters certifying the existence o f children and
other dependants o f Irish citizens resident in Lon
don. In both these cases the solicitors in issuing the
letters relied upon information given to them by the
clients and in both cases the information was false.
The Council think it necessary to point out that it is
the duty ot a solicitor issuing a letter or certificate
verifying the existence o f certain facts to satisfy
himself by personal inquiry that the facts are as
certified. The Revenue Commissioners and the
British Commissioners o f Inland Revenue cus
tomarily accept certificates from Irish solicitors and
if, as the result o f adverse experience, solicitors’
certificates were no longer accepted the interests of
the public and the profession alike would suffer.
In the cases mentioned above proceedings before
the Statutory Committee were instituted by the
Society on its own initiative against each of the
solicitors concerned. The Statutory Committee
found in each case that the solicitor had no know
ledge that the baptismal certificates nad been
fabricated but that he had committed professional
misconduct in having issued letters representing a
state o f facts recklessly and without inquiry or
corroboration on the basis o f untrue statements
made to him by other persons for the purpose of
enabling those persons to gain a pecuniary advan
tage. In the opinion o f the Council a clear duty
rests upon a solicitor to satisfy himself o f the truth
of a statement o f fact made by a client before lending
it the support o f his professional standing and
reputation.
7. Insurance Act, 1953
8. National Stud Act, 1953
9. Central Fund Act, 1953
10. Local
Government
(Dublin)
(Amendment) Act, 1933
11 . Grass Meal (Production) Act, 1953
12. Local Government Act, 1953
13. Department o f Lands (Establish
ment o f Foresters) Act, 1933
14. Restrictive Trade Practices Act,
1953
15. Local Elections Act, 1953
16. Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1953
17. Great Northern Railway Act, 1933
18. Land Act, 1933
19. Turf Development Act, 1933
20. Imposition of Duties (Confirma
tion o f Orders) Act, 1953
21. Finance Act, 1933
22. Central Fund (No. 2) Act, 1933
23. Army Pensions Act, 1933
24. Comptroller and Auditor General
(Amendment) Act, 1933
23. Workmen’s Compensation (Amend
ment) Act, 1933
26. Health Act, 1933
27. Telegraph Act, 1933
28. Friendly Societies (Amendment)
Act, 1953
29. Appropriation Act, 1953
30. Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1953
31. Supplies and Services (Temporary
Provisions) Act, 1946 (Continu
ance) Act, 1953
32. Courts o f Justice Act, 1933
33. Imposition o f Duties (Confirma
tion o f Orders) (No. 2) Act, 1933
34. Rent Restrictions (Continuance and
Amendment) Act, 1953
33. Mental Treatment Act, 1933
36. Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief)
Act, 1933
37. Vocational Education (Amend
ment) Act, 1933
24th March, 1933
25th March, 1933
31st March, 1933
31st March, 1933
31st March, 1953
1st April, 1933
5th May, 1933
7th May, 1933
18th June, 1953
23rd June, 1933
23rd June, 1953
7th July, 1933
7th July, 1933
21 St July, 1933
28th July 1933
31st July, 1933
3th August, 1933
1 2th August, 1933
12th August, 1933
29th October, 1953
24th November, 1953
24th November, 1933
2nd December, 1933
2ndDecember, 1933
2nd December, 1933
8th December, 1953
8th December, 1933
8th December, 1933
18th December, 1953
23rd December, 1933
23rd December, 1933
REGISTRATION OF TITLE ACTS,
18 9 1 AND 1942 .
STATUTES OF THE OIREACHTAS
1953 .
No.
Signed by President
1. Defence Forces (Temporary Pro
visions) Act, 1953
2. Trade Loans Guarantee (Amend
ment) Act, 1933
3. Local Loans Fund (Amendment)
Act, 1933
4. Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Act,
1953
3. Military Service Pensions (Amend
ment) Act, 1933
6. Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment)
Act, 1933
3rd March, 1933
3rd March, 1933
4th March, 1933
18th March, 1933
1 8th March, 1933
1 8th March, 1953
Issue o f Duplicate Land Certificates
A
pplications
have been received from the registered
owners mentioned in the Schedule annexed hereto,
for the issue o f Certificates o f Title in substitution
for the original Certificates issued in respect o f the
lands specified in the said Schedule, which original
Certificates, it is alleged, have been lost or inad
vertently destroyed.
A duplicate Certificate will be issued in each case,
except a case in respect o f which notification is
received in this Registry within 28 days from the
publication of this notice, that the Certificate o f
Title is still in existence, and in the clistody o f some
person other than the registered owner. Any such
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