307 / 364
members
from
16th February and
for non-
members from 1st March next. Booking forms will
be sent to members prior to that date giving full
particulars of the subjects to be dealt with at
the Seminar.
The
Society's
latest
publication,
Building
Society Law and Practice
is now available to
members at 9/- or 9/9 per post.
Mr. M. K. O'Connor, Barrister-at-Law will
deliver a lecture on 23rd February next on Estate
Duty Practice.
BAIL PROCEEDINGS
Mr. G. Sweetman (F.G.), T.D., enquired of
the Minister for Justice what is the present aver
age delay in the issue by the central office of the
Land Registry after the receipt of a requisition
in proper order of (1) a copy folio, (2) a land
certificate,
(3)
a copy map and
(4)
a
copy
instrument. The Minister for Justice
in
reply
stated that the present average delay
in each
case, is—copy folio, 8 days; land certificate, 3
weeks; copy map, 5 weeks, and copy instrument,
8 days. Priority is, however, given to requisitions
of a particularly urgent nature, and the delay
in such cases is considerably less.
Deputy Sweetman raised the question with the
Minister for Justice as to whether the Minister
intends to make any order under Section 24 of
the Registration of Title Act, 1964, in the near
future; and, if so, in respect of what county or
county borough. The Minister
in
reply stated
that he did not intend to make an order under
Section 24 of the Act for the present. He pro
poses to allow the Act to operate for some time
before making such an order. This will enable
the Land Registry
to gain experience of
the
changes made by the Act in the registration of
title system and to overcome staffing and ac
commodation problems.
LAND REGISTRATION RULES
In reply to a question by Mr. Gerard Sweetman,
T.D. (F.G.) to the Minister for Justice on 29th
September, 1966, the Minister stated that new
Land Registration Rules under Section 126 of the
Registration of Title Act, 1964, would be brought
into force on the same date as the Act. The Act
becomes operative on 1st January, 1967.
LAND REGISTRATION RULES, 1966
STATUTORY INSTURMENTS
S.I. No. 266 of 1966
These Rules are general rules for carrying into
effect
the objects of
the Registration of Title
Act, 1964, which comes into operation on
the
1/1/1967. They rescind
the Land Registration
Rules 1959, and the Land Registration (Solicitors
Costs) Rules, 1962. This Statutory Instrument is
available from the Government Publications Sales
Office, G.P.O. Arcade, Dublin 1, and
is priced
at 6/6.
LAND REGISTRATION FEES
(No. 2)
ORDER
1966
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
S.I. No. 276 of 1966
The purpose of this Order is to prescribe the
fees chargeable in the Land Registry as from the
1st January, 1967, under the Registration of Title
Act, 1964 (No. 16 of 1964), which comes into
operation on
that date. The present fees are
prescribed in the Land Registration Fees Order,
1966, which is revoked by this Order. This Order
is available from
the Government Publications
Sales Office, G.P.O. Arcade, Dublin 1, and is
priced at 1/6.
THE FINNISH LEGAL SYSTEM
The Union of Finnish Lawyers have very kindly
forwarded
to us
their booklet
entitled
"The
Finnish Legal System." The book
is published
for foreign readers and its object is to provide
a general description of the Finnish system of
law. If members wish to obtain a copy for their
own use same may be had from Pentti Ajo, Man
ager, Suomen Lakimieslitto, Finlands Juristfor-
bund, RY. Helsinki 10, Finland, price £2. The
book provides a historical background of
the
Finnish legal system, the system of government,
fundamental rights of citizens and language legis
lation. Amongst the matters discussed are Court
organization and procedure,
the administrative
system and the legal safeguards in administration,
and self government. The law of contracts and
torts,
the modes of
land utilisation are dealt
with at length. It is
to be noted that in an
article entitled "Principles of the Law of Suc
cession" the following comment is interesting (in
view of the coming into operation of the Suc
cession Act on January 1, 1967 of the Succession
Act, 1965):
A spouse will inherit if the deceased leaves
no
issue. On
the death of
the surviving
spouse
the whole estate with only a
few
exceptions will be divided
in half between
the heirs in law of each of the spouses, but
not to those heirs of the pre-deceased who
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