1.—(1) Every application to the Court under section 14 of the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act 1879(1) for an order—
(a)that any omission to register a bill of sale or an affidavit of renewal thereof within the time prescribed by that Act be rectified by extending the time for such registration, or
(b)that any omission or mis-statement of the name, residence or occupation of any person be rectified by the insertion in the register of his true name, residence or occupation,
must be made by affidavit ex parte to the Master.
(2) Every application for such an order as is described in paragraph (1) shall be supported by an affidavit setting out particulars of the bill of sale and of the omission or mis-statement in question and stating the grounds on which the application is made.
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2.—(1) Every application under section 15 of the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act 1879 to the Master for an order that a memorandum of satisfaction be written on a registered copy of a bill of sale must—
(a)if a consent to the satisfaction signed by the person entitled to the benefit of the bill of sale can be obtained, be made ex parte;
(b)in all other cases, be made by originating summons.
(2) An ex parte application under paragraph (1)(a) must be supported by—
(a)particulars of the consent referred to in that paragraph, and
(b)an affidavit by a witness who attested the consent certifying the signature on it.
(3) An originating summons under paragraph (1)(b) must be served on the person entitled to the benefit of the bill of sale and must be supported by evidence that the debt (if any) for which the bill of sale was made has been satisfied or discharged.
(4) No appearance need be entered to an originating summons under paragraph (1)(b).
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3. No appearance need be entered to an originating summons by which an application to the Court under the proviso to section 7 of the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act (1879) (Amendment) Act 1883(2) must be made.
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4. Any person shall be entitled to search the register of bills of sale on payment of the prescribed fee and to inspect, examine and make extracts from any registered bill of sale, without being required to make a written application, or to specify any particulars in reference thereto, such extracts not to exceed date of execution, registration, renewal of registration, satisfaction, names, addresses and occupation of parties, and amount of consideration.
5.—(1) The abstract or the contents of any bill of sale required by section 11 of the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act (1879) Amendment Act 1883 to be transferred to the chief clerk of a county court division shall be in Form No. 42 in Appendix A—
(2) Where a bill of sale is re-registered under section 11 of the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act 1879, an abstract of the re-registration shall be transmitted by post to the chief clerk to whom such abstract would have been transmitted had the bill of sale been registered under, the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act (1879) Amendment Act 1883.
(3) Where a memorandum of satisfaction is written under section 15 of the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act 1879 upon any registered or re-registered copy of a bill of sale, an abstract of which has been transmitted to any chief clerk, a notice of such satisfaction, in Form No. 43 in Appendix A, shall be transmitted to each clerk to whom au abstract of such bill of sale has been transmitted.
6.—(1) The chief clerk of a county court (hereinafter called “the clerk”) shall number the abstracts and notices of satisfaction in the order in which they shall respectively be received by him and shall file and keep them in his office.
(2) The clerk shall keep an index, alphabetically arranged, in which he shall enter tinder the first letter of the surname of the mortgagor or assignor, such surname with the forenames, address and description, and the number which has been affixed to the abstract.
(3) Upon receipt of a notice of satisfaction, the clerk shall enter the notice of satisfaction on the abstract of the bill to which it relates and shall note in the index against the name of the mortgagor or assignor the fact of the satisfaction having been entered.
(4) The clerk shall allow any person to search the index at any time during which be is required for the time being to keep his office open, upon payment by such person of a fee of 50 pence, and to make extracts from the abstract and notice of satisfaction (if any), upon payment of 50 pence for each abstract inspected.
(5) The clerk shall also, if required, cause an office copy to be made of any abstract or notice of satisfaction and shall be entitled for making and marking the same to the same fee as is payable to the Central Office.
7. Every application to the Court under section 29(5) of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969(3) for an order—
(a)that the period for making an application for recording a charge be extended, or
(b)that any omission from or mis-statement in such an application be rectified,
must be made to the Master ex parte by affidavit setting out particulars of the charge and of the omissions or mis-statement in question and stating the grounds of the application.
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8. In this Order, “the Master” means the Master (Queen's Bench and Appeals) or such other officer serving in the Supreme Court as the Lord Chief Justice may designate to be the registrar for the purposes of the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act 1879.