County Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act, 1877

Security to be given by officers.

19. Every person appointed to the office of Clerk of the Crown and Peace, or temporary Clerk of the Crown or temporary Clerk of the Peace, or Registrar or temporary Registrar, shall, before entering upon the duties of such office, give security for the due discharge of the duties of such office in double the amount of his estimated annual salary or emoluments in such manner as the Lord Chancellor, with the consent of the Treasury, may by order from time to time prescribe.