The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 5 of 55 - 1582-1583 - Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Show by Various
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147. [Notice of fines and penalties must be sent to the fiscal weekly. Penalty: two pesos to the court-room.] 148. [Evidence of poor suitors is to be taken with care and promptitude.] 149. [Notifications of hearings in cases concerning small amounts are to be sent to the parties. Penalty: two pesos to the court-room.] 150. [Personal presence is required at examinations in criminal cases and the execution of sentences. Penalty: suspension from office.] 151. [Lists of fees allowed by law must be posted in their offices, as well as in the public hall of the Audiencia. Penalty: five pesos to the poor of the prison.] 152. [No fees may be taken for keeping or looking for records. Penalty: fourfold to the royal exchequer.] 153. [Copies of penalties and memoranda of fiscal cases must be sent to the fiscal every week. Penalty: six pesos to the royal exchequer.] 154. [Examinations are to be dated by the time of examination, and not by that of taking the oath. Penalty: four pesos to the exchequer.] 155. In inquisitions and examinations which they shall make they shall put thirty lines on a page, and in every line ten parts [_i.e._], words divided by spaces]; and they shall write a good hand and shall place at the foot of each inquisition or examination the fees to be |
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