Stannaries Act 1855

XXIV Provision for Illness or accidental Absent of Vice-Warden.

When the Vice-Warden shall be prevented by Illness or Accident from attending and sitting on the Day appointed for such Sitting, it shall not be necessary to send any Statement to the Lord Warden of the Cause of his Non-attendance or of the Adjournment of the Court, unless the Vice-Warden shall be, or it shall appear to him probable that he will be, thereby prevented from sitting within the Period required by Law; and if, for the Reason aforesaid, it shall be necessary to appoint a Deputy, it shall be lawful for the Vice-Warden to appoint such Deputy, qualified as now required by Law, for the then next Sittings only, provided the Cause alleged in such Statement be allowed by the Lord Warden to be sufficient and the Person so named as Deputy be approved by him; and whenever it may be desirable to alter the Time fixed for holding the Court, it shall be lawful for the Vice-Warden to accelerate or postpone the holding thereof, provided that such Alteration be duly notified and published in the usual Way, and the holding be not postponed beyond the Third Calendar Month next after the Calendar Month in which the last preceding Sittings were held, and no Irregularity in the Time of holding any Court or Sitting shall vitiate or avoid the Proceedings at such Court or Sitting.