Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act, 1851

Number of general sessions to be held in each riding.

24. . . . It shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, at any time, by and with the advice and consent of the Privy Council, to order and direct that four general sessions of the peace, and no more, shall thenceforth be holden in each of the said ridings of the said county of Cork in each year, for the discharge of all such criminal and other business as may be determinable at general or quarter sessions of the peace, or in a civil bill court, in place and stead of the said five general sessions of the peace so herein-before appointed, and to order and direct that the same shall be holden at such times and places and in such manner, in each of the said ridings, as to the said Lord Lieutenant, with such advice as aforesaid, shall seem fit, and also to direct and appoint the manner of making known the periods at which the same shall be holden; . . . and all the criminal and other business of the general sessions of the peace and of the civil bill courts in and for the said several ridings of the said county shall thenceforth be heard and determined at the said four general sessions of the peace so to be appointed as aforesaid.