Dublin Police Act, 1836

Proceedings not to be quashed for want of form, &c.

41. No conviction, order, warrant, or other matter, made or purporting to be made by virtue of this Act, shall be quashed for want of form, or be removed by certiorari or otherwise into any of his Majesty’s courts of record at Dublin; and no warrant of commitment shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, provided that it be therein alleged that the party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid conviction to sustain the same; and where any distress shall be made for levying any money by virtue of this Act, the distress itself shall not be deemed unlawful, nor the party making the same be deemed a trespasser, on account of any defect or want of form in the summons, conviction, warrant of distress, or other proceedings relating thereto; nor shall the party distraining be deemed a trespasser ab initio on account of any irregularity afterwards committed by him, but the person aggrieved by such irregularity may recover full satisfaction for the special damage, if any, in an action upon the case.