Evidence (Ireland) Act, 1815

Title and powers of the persons so appointed.

4. The person or persons so to be appointed by the courts of Chancery and Exchequer in Ireland respectively shall hold such offices during the pleasure of the court so appointing them, and shall be deemed and taken to be officers of the said court, and shall be called extraordinary commissioners thereof for the purposes aforesaid; and such extraordinary commissioners respectively shall have full power and authority to summon persons to attend them respectively, at such times and places as they shall respectively appoint, to be sworn and examined as witnesses in suits depending in the courts so appointing them, in the same manner as commissioners appointed by special commission by such courts respectively may examine such witnesses.