Parliamentary Elections (Ireland) Act 1823

XXIClerk of Peace neglecting to keep Books or to make Entries, &c. shall forfeit 100l. and be disqualified; for neglecting to attend at Sessions &c. 50l.

And be it further enacted, That if any Clerk of the Peace shall omit or neglect to keep any of the Books hereby required, or to make due Entries therein in the Order and Form required, or to file any Oath and Affirmation delivered to him to be filed, and to preserve the same free from Erasure, Blot, Interlineation, or Damage, he shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds, and be incapable of serving as a Clerk of the Peace for any County; and if he shall neglect or refuse to attend at any Sessions whereat Freeholders may be registered by virtue of this Act, or shall omit to give Copies of the Registry Books aforesaid, or any of them, or any Part thereof, within a reasonable Time after Demand, he shall forfeit for every such Offence the Sum of Fifty Pounds to any Person suing for the same.