Number 27/1926: COURT OFFICERS ACT, 1926

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Number 27 of 1926.

COURT OFFICERS ACT, 1926.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Short title and commencement.
2.	Definitions.

PART I

The Supreme Court and the High Court

3.	Offices and principal officers.
4.	The Central Office.
5.	The Master of the High Court.
6.	The Taxing-Master's Office.
7.	The Taxing-Masters.
8.	The Probate Office.
9.	The Probate Officer.
10.	The Bankruptcy Office.
11.	The Registrar in Bankruptcy.
12.	The Official Assignee in Bankruptcy.
13.	The Examiner's Office.
14.	The Examiner.
15.	The Accountant's Office.
16.	The Accountant.
17.	The Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
18.	The Registrar of the Supreme Court.
19.	The Office of the Registrar to the Chief Justice.
20.	The Registrar to the Chief Justice.
21.	Qualification for Master of the High Court.
22.	Qualification for Taxing-Master.
23.	Qualification for Probate Officer.
24.	Qualification for Examiner.
25.	Qualification for Registrar to the Chief Justice.
26.	General staffs of offices.
27.	Appointment of temporary deputies for Master and Taxing-Masters.
28.	Deputies for principal officers.
29.	Transfer of property vested in officials.
30.	Application of Civil Service Regulation Act, 1924.
31.	Abolition of existing posts and offices.
32.	Saving for Land Registry.
33.	Saving for district probate registries.

PART II

The Circuit Court

PART III

The District Court

46.	Appointment of district court clerks.
47.	District court areas.
48.	Duties of district court clerks.
49.	Payment of salaries of district court clerks.
50.	Abolition of Registrar of District Court Clerks.
51.	Disposal of fines, etc.

PART IV

Miscellaneous

52.	Abolition of High Sheriff.
53.	Execution of death sentences.
54.	Transfer of duties of under-sheriff.
55.	Winding-up of Lunacy Fund.
56.	Closing of district probate registries.
57.	Court fees.
58.	Performance of their duties, etc., by principal officers and county registrars.
59.	Nomination of court stockbrokers, court receivers, etc.
60.	Application of Civil Service Regulation Act, 1924.
61.	Security to be given by certain officers.
62.	Grant of civil service certificates to certain officers.
63.	Existing officers and servants.
64.	Saving for persons paid by county councils.
65.	Preservation of judicial control of court business.
66.	Salaries and expenses.

Acts Referred to
Courts of Justice Act, 1924	No. 10 of 1924
Civil Service Regulation Act, 1924	No. 5 of 1924
Electoral Act, 1923	No. 12 of 1923
Local Government Electors Registration Act, 1924	No. 7 of 1924
District Justices (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923	No. 6 of 1923
Court Officers (Temporary Appointments) Act, 1924	No. 2 of 1924

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Number 27 of 1926.

COURT OFFICERS ACT, 1926.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AND REGULATE THE OFFICES AND OFFICERS TO BE ATTACHED TO THE SEVERAL COURTS OF JUSTICE AND THE JUDGES OF THOSE COURTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES CONNECTED THEREWITH. [9th July, 1926.]

		BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—
		PRELIMINARY.
[GA]	Short title and commencement.	1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Court Officers Act, 1926.
[GA]		(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day as shall be fixed by order of the Minister either generally or in respect of any particular Part of this Act, and different dates may be fixed for the commencement of different Parts of this Act.
[GA]	Definitions.	2.— In this Act—
[GA]		the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Justice;
[GA]		the expression “the Chief Justice” means the Chief Justice of the Irish Free State;
[GA]		the word “court” means a court of justice established by the Courts of Justice Acts, 1924 and 1926 and does not include a court which though presided over by a judge or justice of one of those courts of justice was not established by those Acts.