Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1839

XLVI Accounts to be kept of Fees and Forfeitures received and delivered quarterly to the Receiver, and the Amount thereof paid to him.

And be it enacted, That the Magistrates at each of the said Courts shall take care that one of their Clerks shall, in Books to be provided for that Purpose, keep a full, true, and particular Account of all Fees taken and received thereat, together with all Penalties and Forfeitures which shall have been recovered, levied, or received in pursuance of any Adjudication, Conviction, or Order had or made thereat, or any Process or Warrant issuing therefrom, to which Books of Account the said Receiver shall at all Times have free Access; and the said Magistrates shall, once in every Quarter of a Year, cause to be delivered to the Receiver an Account of all such Sums received, with all proper Vouchers for verifying the same, and shall cause the Amount of all such Sums to be paid to the Receiver, to be applied by him towards the Expences of the said Courts except Fines imposed upon drunken Persons, or upon Constables for Misconduct, or for Assaults upon Police Constables, which shall be applied for the Benefit of " The Police Superannuation Fund," and except also Fees for the Execution of Summonses and Warrants, which shall be applied towards defraying the Charge of maintaining the Police of the Metropolis.