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BANKERS (IRELAND) ACT 1845 - SECT 21

Commissioners of stamps and taxes may cause the books of bankers, containing accounts of their bank notes in circulation, and of coin held, to be inspected.

21.... All and every the book and books of any banker who shall issue bank
notes under the provisions of this Act, in which shall be kept, contained, or
entered any account, minute, or memorandum of or relating to the bank notes
issued or to be issued by such bank, of or relating to the amount of such
notes in circulation from time to time, or of or relating to the gold or
silver coin held by such banker from time to time, or any account, minute, or
memorandum the sight or inspection whereof may tend to secure the rendering of
true accounts of the average amount of such notes in circulation and gold or
silver coin held as directed by this Act, or to test the truth of any such
account, shall be open for the inspection and examination at all seasonable
times of any officer of stamp duties authorized in that behalf by writing
signed by the commissioners of stamps and taxes, or any two of them; and every
such officer shall be at liberty to take copies of or extracts from any such
book or account as aforesaid, and to inspect and ascertain the amount of any
gold or silver coin held by such banker; and if any banker or other person
keeping any such book, or having the custody or possession thereof or power to
produce the same, shall, upon demand made by any such officer showing (if
required) his authority in that behalf, refuse to produce any such book to
such officer for his inspection and examination, or to permit him to inspect
and examine the same, or to take copies thereof or extracts therefrom, or of
or from any such account, minute, or memorandum as aforesaid, kept, contained,
or entered therein, or if any banker or other person having the custody or
possession of any coin belonging to such banker shall refuse to permit or
prevent the inspection of such gold and silver coin as aforesaid every such
banker or other person so offending shall for every such offence forfeit the
sum of one hundred pounds: Provided always, that the said commissioners shall
not exercise the powers aforesaid without the consent of the Treasury.

S.22 rep. by SLR 1963


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