Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 39/1961

Number 39 of 1961.
COURTS (SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS) ACT, 1961.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
Preliminary and General
Section 1. Short title and commencement. 2. Interpretation generally. 3. Repeals and saving.
PART II
Supreme Court, High Court, Chief Justice, President of the High Court, Central Criminal Court and Court of Criminal Appeal
4. Number of ordinary judges of Supreme Court and High Court. 5. Qualifications of judges of Supreme Court and High Court. 6. Pensions of judges of Supreme Court and High Court. 7. General jurisdiction of Supreme Court. 8. General jurisdiction of High Court. 9. Jurisdiction of High Court in lunacy and minor matters.
10. Jurisdiction of Chief Justice and President of the High Court.
11. The Central Criminal Court.
12. Jurisdiction of Court of Criminal Appeal.
13. High Court Circuits.
14. Jurisdiction to be exercised pursuant to rules of court (Supreme Court, High Court, Chief Justice, President of the High Court, Central Criminal Court and Court of Criminal Appeal).
PART III
Circuit Court
15. Definitions (Part III). 16. Number of ordinary judges of Circuit Court. 17. Qualifications of judges of Circuit Court. 18. Age of retirement of judge of Circuit Court. 19. Pensions of judges of Circuit Court. 20. Circuits and assignment of judges to circuits. 21. Circuit Court to be a court of record. 22. Jurisdiction of Circuit Court, except in applications for new on-licences and in indictable offences. 23. Jurisdiction of Cork Circuit Court Judge in admiralty causes and in bankruptcy. 24. Jurisdiction of Circuit Court in applications for new on-licences. 25. Jurisdiction of Circuit Court in indictable offences. 26. Transfer of trials in criminal cases by judge of the Circuit Court. 27. Jurisdiction to be exercised pursuant to rules of court (Circuit Court, Cork Local Admiralty Court and Cork Local Bankruptcy Court).
PART IV
District Court
28. Number of justices of District Court. 29. Qualifications of justices of District Court and interpretation of section 2 of the Act of 1949, as applied by section 48 of this Act. 30. Age of retirement of justice of District Court. 31. Pensions of justices of District Court. 32. District court areas and districts and assignment of justices to districts. 33. Jurisdiction of District Court. 34. Jurisdiction to be exercised pursuant to rules of court (District Court).
35. Qualification for appointment as President of the District Court and assignment. 36. General powers of President of the District Court. 37. Abolition of Divisions of Dublin Metropolitan Justices. 38. Principal Justices of the Dublin Metropolitan District. 39. Number of justices of Dublin Metropolitan District. 40. Places at which business of Dublin Metropolitan District is to be transacted. 41. Number of sitting days in each week for justices assigned to Dublin Metropolitan District. 42. Business of District Court in Dublin Metropolitan District. 43. Restriction of section 26 of Act of 1953. 44. Ex officio members of District Court Rules Committee.
PART V
Miscellaneous Provisions
45. Administration of justice otherwise than in public. 46. Provisions in relation to remuneration and pensions of judges and justices. 47. Interest on judgment debts. 48. Application of enactments relating to existing courts and judges and officers thereof, and rules of court. 49. Preservation of continuity of administration and enforcement of justice. 50. Appeals from District Court in criminal cases against sentence only. 51. Extension of section 2 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1857. 52. Case stated for High Court on question of law. 53. Application of section 26 of Hire-Purchase (Amendment) Act, 1960. 54. Jurisdiction to bind to the peace or to good behaviour. 55. Offices and officers, etc. under Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1951. 56. Power to continue county registrars in office after reaching age of sixty-five years. 57. Pension of the Master of High Court, Taxing-Master and county registrar. 58. Special provisions for person who, on the operative date, holds the office of Master of the High Court, Taxing-Master or county registrar. 59. Officers of Cork Local Admiralty Court and Cork Local Bankruptcy Court. 60. Right of audience of solicitors in Circuit Court, Cork Local Admiralty Court and Cork Local Bankruptcy Court. 61. Solicitors and commissioners for oaths.
FIRST SCHEDULE
Enactments Repealed
SECOND SCHEDULE
Pensions of Judges of Courts Established by the Principal Act
THIRD SCHEDULE
Civil Proceedings In Respect Of Which The Jurisdiction Of The High Court Is, With Quantitative Limitations, Conferred On The Circuit Court, And Judges Of The Circuit Court By Whom The Jurisdiction Is To Be Exercised
FOURTH SCHEDULE
Jurisdiction of the Circuit Court under certain British statutes and Saorstát éireann statutes, and judges of the Circuit Court by whom the jurisdiction is to be exercisedAdaptations (in relation to the Circuit Court and the judges thereof) of certain British statutes relating to former County Courts, Courts of Quarter Sessions and judges thereof
FIFTH SCHEDULE
Adaptations (in relation to the Circuit Court and the judges thereof) of certain British statutes relating to former County Courts, Courts of Quarter Sessions and judges thereof
SIXTH SCHEDULE
Assignment of justices of District Court to district court districts
SEVENTH SCHEDULE
Existing courts and corresponding courts established by the Principal Act, and judges of existing courts and corresponding judges of courts established by the Principal Act
EIGHTH SCHEDULE
Provisions in relation to offices and officers to be attached to the High Court, the Supreme Court and the President of the High Court
Acts Referred to Courts of Justice Act, 1924 1924, No. 10 Court Officers Act, 1926 1926, No. 27 Courts of Justice Act, 1936 1936, No. 48 Court Officers Act, 1945 1945, No. 25 Courts of Justice (District Court) Act, 1946 1946, No. 21 Courts of Justice Act, 1947 1947, No. 20 Courts of Justice (District Court) Act, 1949 1949, No. 8 Courts of Justice Act, 1953 1953, No. 32 Interpretation Act, 1937 1937, No. 38 Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act, 1871 1871, c. 22 Courts of Justice Act, 1928 1928, No. 15 Solicitors Act, 1954 1954, No. 36 Offences Against the State Act, 1939 1939, No. 13 Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959 1959, No. 22 Treason Act, 1939 1939, No. 10 Courts of Justice Act, 1926 1926, No. 1 Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 1926, No. 45 Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890 1890, c. 59 Public Dance Halls Act, 1935 1935, No. 2 Debtors (Ireland) Act, 1840 1840, c. 105 Criminal Justice Act, 1951 1951, No. 2 Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act, 1961 1961, No. 16 Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1857 1857, c. 43 Hire-Purchase (Amendment) Act, 1960 1960, No. 15 Court Officers Act, 1951 1951, No. 8 Solicitors Act, 1954 1954, No. 36 District Justices (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 1923, No. 6 Courts of Justice Act, 1928 1928, No. 15 Superannuation Act, 1834 1834, c. 24 Superannuation Act, 1956 1956, No. 38 Superannuation Act, 1859 1859, c. 26
Number 39 of 1961.
COURTS (SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS) ACT, 1961.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE, IN RELATION TO THE COURTS TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE COURTS (ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTITUTION) ACT, 1961, AND THE JUDGES AND OFFICERS OF THOSE COURTS, FOR CERTAIN MATTERS NECESSARY TO SUPPLEMENT THAT ACT, TO CONFER JURISDICTION ON THE JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT ASSIGNED TO THE CORK CIRCUIT IN ADMIRALTY CAUSES AND IN BANKRUPTCY, TO REPEAL CERTAIN ENACTMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [16th August, 1961.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
PART I Preliminary And General
	Short title and commencement.	1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961.
	(2) This Act shall come into operation on the date on which the Principal Act comes into operation and immediately after the coming into operation of the Principal Act.
	Interpretation generally.	2.—(1) In this Act—
	“the Act of 1924” means the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 ;
	“the Act of 1926” means the Court Officers Act, 1926 ;
	“the Act of 1936” means the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 ;
	“the Act of 1945” means the Court Officers Act, 1945 ;
	“the Act of 1946” means the Courts of Justice (District Court) Act, 1946 ;
	“the Act of 1947” means the Courts of Justice Act, 1947 ;
	“the Act of 1949” means the Courts of Justice (District Court) Act, 1949 ;
	“the Act of 1953” means the Courts of Justice Act, 1953 ;
	“the Circuit Court” means the Court established by section 4 of the Principal Act;
	“the Court of Criminal Appeal” means the Court established by section 3 of the Principal Act;
	“the District Court” means the Court established by section 5 of the Principal Act;
	“the Dublin Metropolitan District” means the district styled and known as the Dublin Metropolitan District under section 64 of the Act of 1936;
	“enactment”...