VPRS 5022 Court of Petty Sessions Instalment Book

This series was used to record details of judgment payments which a Court of Petty Sessions permitted to be made in instalments. This procedure was introduced through Section 110 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1887 (No. 953) and was continued through successive Justices Acts. The Rules issued to support the 1887 and 1890 Acts contained the following requirement: "Every clerk of petty sessions shall keep an Instalment Book in the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto, in which he shall enter the register [case] number and date of every order or conviction by which a sum of money is adjudged to be paid by instalments, the name of the person against whom the order or conviction is made, the manner of payment ordered and each instalment as soon as it is paid."

本数据集系列用于记录治安法院（Court of Petty Sessions）准许以分期付款方式缴付的判决款项详情。该缴款分期程序由1887年《治安法官法》（Justices of the Peace Act 1887，第953号）第110条正式引入，并在后续多版《治安法官法》中得以延续。为配合1887年及1890年上述法案制定的配套规则包含如下要求："每位治安法院书记员均须按照本规则附表规定的格式保管分期付款登记册（Instalment Book），并在该登记册中逐一录入每一项判令或定罪裁决的登记[案件]编号与作出日期、该判令或定罪裁决所针对的当事人姓名、判令指定的付款方式，以及每一笔已缴付的分期款项。"