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Courts of Justice (District Court) Act, 1946

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Number 21 of 1946.

COURTS OF JUSTICE (DISTRICT COURT) ACT, 1946.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Part I.

Preliminary and General.

Section

1.

Short title and collective citation.

2.

Definitions.

3.

Appointed day for purposes of Part II.

4.

Repeals.

Part II.

Provisions in Relation to the Dublin Metropolitan Justices.

5.

Divisions of the Dublin Metropolitan Justices.

6.

Provisions in relation to Principal Justices.

7.

Provisions in relation to ordinary Justices of Divisions.

8.

Salaries of Dublin Metropolitan Justices.

9.

Nomination of additional Justices of Divisions.

10.

Distribution of business amongst Divisions.

11.

Places, etc., at which business of Divisions is to be transacted.

12.

Provisions for pending business.

13.

Ex-officio members of the District Court Rules Committee.

Part III.

Miscellaneous Provisions in Relation to the District Court.

14.

Qualification for appointment as Justice.

15.

Age of retirement of Justices.

16.

Maximum number of Justices.

17.

Assignment of Justices to districts.

18.

No further appointments of assistant Justices.

19.

Pension rights of Justices.

20.

Tenure of office of Justices.

21.

Judicial inquiry into health or conduct of Justices.

22.

Temporary arrangements for dispatch of business owing to death, etc., of Justice permanently assigned to a district.

23.

Enforcement of decision on appeal from District Court.

SCHEDULE.

Acts Referred to

Courts of Justice Act, 1928

No. 15 of 1928

Courts of Justice Act, 1936

No. 48 of 1936

Courts of Justice Act, 1924

No. 10 of 1924

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Number 21 of 1946.

COURTS OF JUSTICE (DISTRICT COURT) ACT, 1946.

AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS, RELATING TO THE DISTRICT COURT, OF THE COURTS OF JUSTICE ACTS, 1924 TO 1936, AND OTHER ENACTMENTS, [29th July, 1946.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—