Local Government (Dublin) (Amendment) Act, 1940
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Coroners, under-sheriffs and jurors books. |
9.—(1) So long as the person who at the passing of this Act holds the office of coroner of the county continues to hold that office, his area of jurisdiction as such coroner shall continue as if this Act had not been passed but, upon his ceasing by death or otherwise to hold his said office, the area of the urban district shall, on such cesser or on the appointed day (whichever is the later), be detached from the area of jurisdiction of the coroner of the county and be added to and thenceforward included in the area of jurisdiction of the coroner of the city. | |
(2) So long as the person who at the passing of this Act holds the office of under-sheriff of the county continues to hold that office, his area of jurisdiction as such under-sheriff shall continue as if this Act had not been passed but, upon his ceasing by death or otherwise to hold his said office, the area of the urban district shall, on such cesser or on the appointed day (whichever is the later), be detached from the area of jurisdiction of the under-sheriff of the county and be added to and thenceforward included in the area of jurisdiction of the under-sheriff or county registrar (as the case may be) of the city. | ||
(3) The following provisions shall have effect in the city and the county in relation to the preparation of jurors books, the preparation of panels of jurors, and the summoning of jurors, and in relation to the panels from which jurors are to be drawn for the trial of issues by a court or a judge sitting in the city or the county, that is to say:— | ||
(a) until the day immediately before the appointed day and thereafter until either the jurors book in force immediately before that day in the city or the jurors book in force immediately before that day in the county becomes exhausted, the law in force immediately before the passing of this Act shall continue in force and be observed as if this Act and, in particular, the next preceding sub-section of this section and the provisions including the urban district in the city, had not been passed; | ||
(b) when and so soon as one of the said jurors books becomes exhausted on or after the appointed day, the other of the said jurors books shall be deemed to have become exhausted and new jurors books shall forthwith come into force in the city and the county; | ||
(c) notwithstanding anything contained in this sub-section, one of such new jurors books shall be prepared as a jurors book for the city as extended by this Act and the other of such new jurors books shall be prepared as a jurors book for the county, exclusive of the urban district; | ||
(d) immediately upon such new jurors books coming into force, the provisions of this Act shall have effect and shall thenceforward be observed, save that so long as there is an under-sheriff for the city such under-sheriff shall be the empanelling officer within the meaning of the Juries Act, 1927 (No. 23 of 1927), for the whole city as extended by this Act, and so long as there is an under-sheriff for the county such under-sheriff shall be the empanelling officer within the meaning aforesaid only for the county exclusive of the urban district. |