Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940
Number 23 of 1940
ENFORCEMENT OF COURT ORDERS ACT 1940
REVISED
Updated to 27 April 2021
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 23 of 1940.
ENFORCEMENT OF COURT ORDERS ACT 1940
REVISED
Updated to 27 April 2021
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Amendment of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1926
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Time within which application for examination order may be made. |
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Miscellaneous And General
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Amendment of section 1 of the Married Women (Maintenance in case of Desertion) Act, 1886. (Repealed) |
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Acts Referred to |
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No. 18 of 1926 |
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No. 17 of 1930 |
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Number 23 of 1940.
ENFORCEMENT OF COURT ORDERS ACT 1940
REVISED
Updated to 27 April 2021
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE LAW IN RELATION TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN COURT ORDERS AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE RELEASE IN PROPER CASES OF PERSONS IMPRISONED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF MONEY. [10th July, 1940.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
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Application of collectively cited Enforcement of Court Orders Acts restricted (27.05.1947) by Agricultural Credit Act 1947 (14/1947), s. 53, commenced on enactment; repealed (1.03.1978) by Agricultural Credit Act 1978 (2/1978), s. 7 and sch., S.I. No. 49 of 1978.