No. II.
An Act to provide for t h e holding of Courts of Requests in N e w South Wales until further provision shall be made for such purpose. [20th February, 1829.]
H E R E A S by virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities in the Governor of New South Wales for the time-being vested in and by a certain Act of Parliament passed in the fourth year of the reign of His present Majesty intituled " An Act to provide until " the first day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven " and until the end of the next Session of Parliament for the better " Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's " Land and for the more effectual Government thereof and for other "purposes relating thereto" certain Courts of Civil Jurisdiction called " Courts of Requests" have been instituted with power and authority to hear and determine all matters and things cognizable in the said Courts

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Courts and certain forms and rules of practice have been settled and certain fees have been appointed to be taken for the conduct and dispatch of business in the said Courts and whereas the said Act hath been continued for a limited time and will cease to have effect from and after the first day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine and it is expedient that the said Courts of Requests instituted in pursuance of the said Act should continue to be holden and that the forms and manner of proceeding in such Courts should be followed until further provision shall be made with respect to the same Be it therefore enacted by the Governor by and with the advice of the Council That all and every the Courts of Requests instituted by the Governor of New South Wales for the time-being in pursuance of the said Act shall from and after the said first day of March and until further provision shall be made have power and authority to hear and determine in a summary way all actions plaints and suits for the payment or recovery of any debt damages or matter not exceeding ten pounds sterling except the matter in question shall relate to the title to any lands tenements or hereditaments or to the taking or demanding of any duty payable to His Majesty or to any fee of office annual rent or other such matter where rights in futuro may be bound or to any general right or duty and to award costs therein and the determination and award of such Courts of Requests in all cases within the jurisdiction thereof shall be final and shall be carried into execution by attachment and sale of the goods and effects or by corporal arrest of the party or parties against whom such determination or award shall be made and each of the said Courts of Requests respectively shall be holden by a Commissioner appointed by the Governor with such salary as shall have been heretofore appointed which salary shall be in lieu of all fees profits or emoluments whatever in respect of the office of such Commissioner as aforesaid And further that all the forms of process and rules of practice and proceeding settled in pursuance of the said Act and now in force for the conduct and dispatch of business in the said Courts and all fees appointed to be therein taken shall until further provision shall he made as aforesaid be and continue to be observed followed and taken in the said Courts of Requests.