District Justices (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923
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Appointment of District Justices. |
1.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor-General of the Irish Free State on the advice of the Executive Council from time to time to appoint fit and proper persons being Barristers-at-Law in Saorstát Eireann of at least two years' standing or Solicitors of the Supreme Court i Saorstát Eireann to be Magistrates with the title of “District Justices” and to perform the duties and have the powers prescribed by this Act. | |
(2) Every person appointed to be a District Justice may be dismissed or removed at the pleasure of the Governor-General of the Irish Free State on the advice of the Executive Council. | ||
(3) Every person so appointed to be a District Justice shall while he holds that office be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas a salary and allowances in accordance with a scale to be prescribed by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance. | ||
(4) No person shall while holding the office of District Justice be capable of holding any other office or position of emolument or of being elected to or of being a member of either House of the Oireachtas. | ||
(5) Every person so appointed to be a District Justice shall before entering on his office subscribe and make a solemn declaration in the form contained in the First Schedule to this Act. |