Execution Act 1844

LIII Court may send a Registrar to take Proof of Debts, &c. where expedient. Examinations to be taken down.

And be it enacted, That the Court authorized to act in the Prosecution of any Fiat in Bankruptcy or any Petition for Protection from Process shall have Power, whenever it shall seem expedient to such Court, to direct a Deputy Registrar of such Court to act in the Prosecution of such Fiat or Petition for Proof of Debts and the Examination of Parties or Witnesses on Oath, or for either of such Purposes, subject to such Rules and Regulations as the Lord Chancellor shall from Time to Time think fit to make in that Behalf; the travelling Expences of such Officer to be settled by such Court, and paid out of the Estate of the Bankrupt or Petitioner, as the Case may be ; and such Officer so acting shall have and exercise the Power vested in such Court for Proof of Debts and Examination of Parties or Witnesses, except the Power of Commitment: Provided always, that all such Examinations of Parties or Witnesses shall be taken down in Writing, and shall be annexed to and form Part of the Proceedings under such Fiat or Petition, as the Case may be.