OFFICERS ACT, 1926

Short title and commencement.

Short title and commencement.

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1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Court Officers Act, 1926.

(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.

Definitions.

Definitions.

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2.—In this Act—

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Justice;

the expression “the Chief Justice” means the Chief Justice of the Irish Free State;

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.