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Interpretation of terms.
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3. In the interpretation of this Act, except when repugnant to the context or subject matter, the several words and expressions herein-after mentioned shall have the several meanings appropriated to them hereby; (that is to say,) the word “district” shall mean petty sessions district; the word “clerk” shall mean petty sessions clerk, and shall include the clerk of the justices of any borough save Dublin; “Under Secretary” shall mean the Under Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant; “registrar” shall mean the clerk of fines and penalties in the Castle of Dublin, or such other person as the Lord Lieutenant may appoint to discharge the duties prescribed by this Act for the registrar to perform; “county in which the petty sessions district is situate,” and “division in which the petty sessions district is situate,” shall, in the case of districts locally situate in more counties or more divisions than one, respectively mean the county or quarter sessions division, as the case may be, in which the district petty sessions are held; “stamped forms” or “forms” shall extend and apply to any paper, book, or document upon which an adhesive stamp shall have been affixed under the provisions of this Act.
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