ISB SI

S.I. No. 167 of 1964.

CIRCUIT COURT RULES (NO. 1), 1964

We, the Circuit Court Rules Committee, constituted pursuant to the provisions of

section 69

of the

Courts of Justice Act, 1936

, and

section 12

of the

Courts of Justice Act, 1947

, by virtue of the powers conferred upon us by

section 66

of the

Courts of Justice Act, 1924

, and section 70 of the Courts of Juctice Act, 1936, (as applied by the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961

, section 48, and by

section 27

of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961

) and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby, with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice, make the annexed Rules of Court.

Dated the 22nd day of June, 1964.

J. C. Conroy

Eunan McCarron

John J. Durcan

Micheál Ó Cléirigh

Pádraic Boyd

I concur in the making of the annexed Rules of Court.

Dated this 6th day of July, 1964.

Charles J. Haughey

Minister for Justice.

CIRCUIT COURT RULES (NO. 1), 1964

These Rules which may be cited as the " Circuit Court Rules, (No. 1), 1964 " shall come into operation on the 6th day of July, 1964. The Order referred to in these Rules as being amended is that contained in the Circuit Court Rules, 1950.

ORDER 1

Rule 6 of this Order is hereby revoked and the following Rule shall be substituted therefor:—

" 6. The Offices of the Court shall be open to the public for the transaction of business on every week-day between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4.30 p.m., with the exception of Saturday and of such days as may be proclaimed by lawful authority to be public holidays. The County Registrar may, however, direct that, instead of Saturday, the Office under his control be closed on whatever week-day is customarily observed as the weekly half-holiday in the town in which such Office is situated."

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Rules amend the Rules of the Circuit Court, 1950 (

S.I. No. 179 of 1950

) prescribing the days and hours on and during which Circuit Court Offices shall be open for public business. They provide, in particular, for the closing of these offices on Saturdays or on whatever day is the local weekly half-holiday.