S.I. No. 535/2004 - District Court (Estreatment of Recognisances) Rules, 2004
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.
S.I. No. 535 of 2004 .
DISTRICT COURT (ESTREATMENT OF RECOGNISANCES) RULES, 2004.
S.I. No. 535 of 2004 .
DISTRICT COURT (ESTREATMENT OF RECOGNISANCES) RULES, 2004.
The District Court Rules Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 91 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 , section 72 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 , section 17 of the Interpretation Act, 1937 [as applied by section 48 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 ] and section 34 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 , do hereby, with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, make the following rules of court:

1.  These rules may be cited as the District Court (Estreatment of Recognisances) Rules 2004.

2.  These rules shall come into operation on the 9th day of October 2004 and shall be read together with all other District Court rules for the time being in force.

3.  The District Court (Estreatment of Recognisances) Rules 2003 ( S.I. No. 411 of 2003 ) are hereby repealed.

4.  The Form numbered 27.6B in Schedule 1 hereof shall be added to Schedule B of the District Court Rules, 1997 ( S.I. No. 93 of 1997 ). The Forms numbered 27.7 and 27.8 in Schedule 2 hereof shall be substituted for the forms bearing the corresponding numbers in Schedule B of the District Court Rules, 1997 ( S.I. No. 93 of 1997 ).
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE B O.27, rr.6(1) & 8-10

No. 27.6B
WARRANT OF DISTRESS
(to enforce an Order to Estreat)
Bail Act 1997
District Court Area
District No.
............................................................ ............................................................ ................. Applicant
............................................................ ............................................................ ............. Respondent
Fine No:
CCTS No:
Charge Sheet Complainant:
Defendant/Surety:
Address:
WHEREAS at the sitting of the District Court at .......................................... on the .......... day of .............................................. 20......, the court, in accordance with section 9 of the Bail Act 1997 , ordered that the recognisance entered into by you as *Principal Party/*Surety in the above case be estreated as the accused *failed to comply with a condition(s) *contravened a condition of the said recognisance.
AND WHEREAS it having been certified by a Judge for the time being assigned to the said District, that a condition thereof had not been performed.
THE COURT DID ORDER that the said recognisance entered into by the said *Principal Party/*Surety be estreated in the sum of €.......... to be paid by the ........ day of .............................................. 20....... and in default of payment of said sum within the said period, the court did order that the said sum be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the said *Principal Party/*Surety unless the said sum be sooner paid.
AND WHEREAS said order has not been complied with
THIS IS TO COMMAND YOU, to whom this warrant is addressed, to execute the said order against the said *Principal Party/*Surety as follows:
TO LEVY the said last mentioned sum by distress and sale of goods and chattels of said *Principal Party/*Surety and by taking *Principal Party's/*Surety's money, or by such distress and such taking of money if necessary unless said last mentioned sum be sooner paid.
And for this the present warrant shall be sufficient authority to all whom it may concern.
The sum levied to be paid to:
The District Court Clerk
....................................
THIS WARRANT TO BE RETURNED IN SIX MONTHS IF NOT EXECUTED
To the Superintendent
Signed:.......................................
An Garda Síochána
Judge of the District Court
At..............................................
..................................................
Dated this:.........................................
SCHEDULE2
SCHEDULE B O.27, r.6(2)

No. 27.7
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR WARRANT OF EXECUTION
(to enforce by committal an Order to Estreat)
District Court Area
District No.
............................................................ ............................................................ ................. Applicant
............................................................ ............................................................ .............. Respondent
(*Defendant/*Surety)
Case No: ............................................................ ............................................................ .................
Fine No: ............................................................ ............................................................ ..................
Charge Sheet/Summons: ............................................................ ......................................................
WHEREAS at the sitting of the District Court at .................... on the ....... day of ........................ 20......., the court made an order estreating a recognisance in the sume of €......... against the respondent herin, a party to the said recognisance, and an order that the said sum be paid by the respondent herein by the ................ day of ................... 20....... and in default of payment of the said sum by the said date the Court ordered that the last-mentioned sum be levied by distress and sale of the goods of the Respondent and issued a warrant of distress for that purpose.
AND WHEREAS the Respondent did not pay the said sum by the said date
AND WHEREAS a warrant of distress was issued on the ...... day of ....................... 20........
TAKE NOTICE that the applicant herein will apply at the sitting of the District Court to be held at ............................................................ ............. on the ........ day of ......................... 20....... at ......... a.m./p.m. for the issue of a warrant to commit the Respondent herein to prison on the ground that it has been found impossible to execute that warrant of distress for the following reason(s):—
............................................................ ............................................................ .................................
............................................................ ............................................................ .................................
............................................................ ............................................................ .................................
Dated this .................. day of ............................................................ .. 20...........
Signed............................................................ 
Superintendent of the Garda Síochána
To....................................................
Of....................................................
The above named respondent
And to the District Court Clerk
at.....................................................
STATUTORY DECLARATION AS TO SERVICE
I,
..................................................of
..................................................
Aged sixteen years and upwards, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I served this original document..................................................... *by serving by hand a copy thereof personally on the accused/defendant/respondent/       therein named on the............... day of................... 20......... .
*by posting a copy thereof at ..................................................... Post Office at ............ am/pm on the ................. day of ......................................... 20........ in a registered prepaid envelope addressed to the accused/ defendant/respondent/      therein named at the address therein stated, and that the address to which such envelope was sent is the last known residence or most usual place of abode/place of business of the person to whom the document is directed.
The certificate of posting of the said envelope is attached hereto.
I am the (*prosecutor/complainant/applicant/     /in the proceedings) *(authorised by the person bringing/appealing the proceedings to post the said envelope).
At the time of posting the said envelope the original document was duly issued* and stamped.
The said envelope has not to this date been returned undelivered to the sender.
AND I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Act, 1938 .
Signed: .......................
Declared before me by ............................................................ ........................................ *(who is personally known to me)
*(who is identified by me by ............................................................ ................ *(who is personally known to me)
at ................................................ in the County of ............................................................ ....
this ............. day of ...................................................... 20.........
.............................................
Signed

Judge of the District Court

(or)

Peace Commissioner
NOTES
*  This declaration shall be made not earlier than ten days after the day on which the envelope is posted, where service by post is applicable.
*  Delete words or sections which are not applicable.
SCHEDULE B O.27, rr.6(2)

No. 27.8
WARRANT OF EXECUTION
(to enforce by committal an Order to Estreat)
District Court Area
District No.
............................................................ ............................................................ ................. Applicant
............................................................ ............................................................ .............. Respondent
(*Defendant/*Surety)
Case No: ............................................................ ............................................................ ..............
Fine No: ............................................................ ............................................................ ...............
Charge Sheet/Summons: ............................................................ ...................................................
WHEREAS at a sitting of the District Court at................................................ on the ............. day of ................................ 20........., the court made an order estreating a recognisance in the sum of €.................................................. against the respondent herein, a party to the said recognisance, and an order that the said sum be paid by the Respondent herein by the .............. day of ........................ 20..........., and in default of payment of the said sum within the said period the Court ordered that the said sum of €............. be levied by distress and sale of the goods of the respondent and issued a warrant of distress for that purpose.
AND WHEREAS upon hearing an application made this day by the Applicant herein for the issue ............................................................ ....................... of ..............................................a Warrant to Commit the Respondent to prison, the Court is satisfied that it has been found impossible to execute that warrant of distress, and grants the application.
THIS IS TO COMMAND YOU to whom this warrant is addressed to arrest the said Respondent ............................................................ ............................................................ .............. Of............................................................ ............................................................ ............................. and to lodge him/her in the prison at ............................................................ ...................................... to be imprisoned there for the period of............................................................ ........... unless the said sum of €............ be sooner paid.
Dated this ........... day of .....................20........
Signed.........................................
Judge of the District Court
To the Superintendent of the Garda Síochána
At............................................................ .....
Given this 31st day of May 2004
Peter Smithwick
Chairman
Uinsin Mac Gruairc
John P. Brophy
Thomas E. O'Donnell
Sean McMullin
Hugh O'Neill
Damien Colgan
Elizabeth Hughes
Secretary
I concur in the making of the foregoing rules

Dated this 9th day of September 2004

MICHAEL McDOWELL,

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
These Rules repeal the District Court (Estreatment of Recognisances) Rules 2003 ( S.I. No. 411 of 2003 ).