Dublin Police Act, 1842

Interpretation of terms

79. In the construction of this Act, unless there be something in the context repugnant thereto, the expression “police district” shall be understood to signify the police district of Dublin metropolis; and the expression “commissioners of police” shall be understood to signify the justices of the peace for the police district of Dublin metropolis appointed under the authority of the herein-before recited Act passed in the session of Parliament holden in the sixth and seventh years of the reign of his late Majesty, and the Acts amending the same; and the expressions “divisional justice” or “divisional justices” shall be understood to signify a divisional justice or divisional justices of the police district of Dublin metropolis; and any word denoting the singular number in the male sex shall be taken to extend to any number of persons or things and to both sexes.

[S. 80 Yep. 37 & 38 Vict. c. 96. (S.L.R.)]