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THE STATUTES OF WALES
[A.D. 1824

such Answers and Examinations, and making such Afifidavits, and being examined as Witnesses.

10. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every Person or Persons forswearing him, her, or themselves in any Answer or Affidavit, or in any Deposition or Examination, taken and sworn before any Commissioner appointed by virtue of this Act, shall incur and be liable to the same Penalties as if such Answer or Affidavit, Deposition or Examination, had been taken and sworn in any Suit in Equity depending in the said Court of Exchequer, or in any Action depending in the said Court.

11. And it is hereby further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful for the Judges of the said Courts of Great Sessions, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, in all Cases at Law, when the said Courts shall be sitting, in any County within the Limits of such Courts respectively, to make such Rules and Orders in Suits at Law, instituted and depending in the other Counties within their Jurisdiction, as to them the said Judges shall seem meet, and Occasion shall require; and such Rules and Orders shall be as valid and effectual in the Law, and as binding upon the Parties, as if the same had been made in the particular County in which suits were instituted.

12. And it is hereby further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful for the Judges of the said Courts of Great Sessions, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, in all Cases, both at Law and in Equity, when the said Courts shall not be sitting in Wales, to hear Motions and Petitions, and make such Rules and Orders thereon in Vacation, and out of the Jurisdiction of the said Courts, as to them the said Judges shall seem meet, and Occasion shall require; and such Rules and Orders shall be as valid in the Law, and as binding upon the Parties, as the same would or might have been in case the same had been made in Wales, within the Jurisdiction of the said Courts, and during the Sitting thereof.

13. And whereas Doubts and Difficulties arise as to serving Process in Actions within the respective Courts of Great Sessions, where the Cause of Action arises in one County, and the Defendant or Defendants reside in another County, each such Counties being within the same Jurisdiction of such Court of Great Sessions respectively; be it declared and enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this Act, whenever a Cause