ACT, 1979 (1979_act_15) | IE

ISB Act 1979-07-03

Sec. 1 COURTS ACT, 1979 Open official source

Number of ordinary judges of High Court.

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1.—The number of ordinary judges of the High Court shall not be more than twelve.

ISB Act 1979-07-03

Sec. 2 COURTS ACT, 1979 Open official source

Consequential.

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2.—The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (b) (inserted by the Courts Act, 1977) of section 14 (1) of the Law Reform Commission Act, 1975

“(b) in case on being so appointed he is the President of the High Court or an ordinary judge of the High Court, then for so long as he continues to hold the judicial office held by him on so being appointed—

(i) the number of ordinary judges of the High Court shall not be more than thirteen, and

(ii) the reference in section 1 of the Courts Act, 1979, to twelve shall be construed as a reference to thirteen, and”.

ISB Act 1979-07-03

Sec. 3 COURTS ACT, 1979 Open official source

Repeal.

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3.—Section 1 (1) of the Courts Act, 1977, is hereby repealed.

ISB Act 1979-07-03

Sec. 4 COURTS ACT, 1979 Open official source

Short title, collective citation and construction.

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4.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Courts Act, 1979.

(2) The Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1977, and this Act may be cited together as the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1979, and shall be construed together as one.

ACT, 1979

Statutory Text (4 Articles)

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