Parliamentary Elections (Ireland) Act 1823

IX Where 50l. Freeholders take Oath as herein in Dublin, or Assizes, &c. such may be produced at Sessions, &c, and shall, be as good as if taken at Sessions.

And be it further enacted, That where the Freehold, whether consisting of a Rentcharge or not, shall be of the clear yearly Value of Fifty Pounds, and the Freeholder who shall be seised of the same shall take and subscribe the Oath or Affirmation (as the Case may be) respectively required as aforesaid to be by him taken for registering a Freehold (whether Rentcharge or not) as of the Value of Fifty Pounds, in any of the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer, in the City of Dublin, or at any Assizes, and the same shall be subscribed by one of the Judges of such Courts, or the Judge of Assize, such Oath or Affirmation so subscribed may be produced at any Sessions of the Peace as aforesaid, held in the County of the City or County of the Town where such Freehold lies, and when read aloud there in open Court, shall be signed by the Mayor or other Chief Magistrate or his Deputy, or by the Justices of the Peace, or by the Recorder or Deputy Recorder presiding there, and shall then be delivered by the Court to the acting Clerk of the Peace, to be filed and kept amongst the Records of such County of a City or County of a Town ; and every such Oath or Affirmation so taken shall be of equal Effect for registering such Freehold, within the Meaning of this Act, as if it had been made at the Sessions of the Peace as aforesaid.