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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. STATUTES OF THE OIREACHTAS 1953 . No. Signed by President

7. Insurance Act, 1953 8. National Stud Act, 1953 9. Central Fund Act, 1953 10. Local Government

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(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

REGISTRATION OF TITLE ACTS, 18 9 1 AND 1942 . 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 65

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

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