Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961

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1. Art. 1 Short title and commencement.
2. Art. 2 Interpretation generally.
3. Art. 3 Repeals and saving.
4. Art. 4 Number of ordinary judges of Supreme Court and High Court.
5. Art. 5 Qualifications of judges of Supreme Court and High Court.
6. Art. 6 Pensions of judges of Supreme Court and High Court.
7. Art. 7 General jurisdiction of Supreme Court.
8. Art. 7A General jurisdiction of Court of Appeal
9. Art. 7B Power of Court of Appeal to stay proceedings to enable parties to apply to Supreme Court in certain circumstances
10. Art. 7C President of Court of Appeal may issue practice directions
11. Art. 7D President of Court of Appeal
12. Art. 8 General jurisdiction of High Court.
13. Art. 8A General jurisdiction of Family High Court
14. Art. 8B Exercise of jurisdiction by judges of Family High Court
15. Art. 9 Jurisdiction of High Court in lunacy and minor matters.
16. Art. 10 Jurisdiction of Chief Justice and President of the High Court.
17. Art. 11 The Central Criminal Court.
18. Art. 12 Jurisdiction of Court of Criminal Appeal.
19. Art. 13 High Court Circuits.
20. Art. 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).
21. Art. 15 Definitions (Part III).
22. Art. 16 Number of ordinary judges of Circuit Court.
23. Art. 17 Qualifications of judges of Circuit Court.
24. Art. 18 Age of retirement of judge of Circuit Court.
25. Art. 19 Pensions of judges of Circuit Court.
26. Art. 20 Circuits and assignment of judges to circuits.
27. Art. 20A Creation and alteration of Family Circuit Court circuits
28. Art. 21 Circuit Court to be a court of record.
29. Art. 22 Jurisdiction of Circuit Court, except in applications for new on-licences and in indictable offences.
30. Art. 22A Jurisdiction of Family Circuit Court and exercise of jurisdiction by judges of Family Circuit Court
31. Art. 22B Functions of Principal Judge of Family Circuit Court
32. Art. 23 Jurisdiction of Cork Circuit Court Judge in admiralty causes and in bankruptcy.
33. Art. 24 Jurisdiction of Circuit Court in applications for new on-licences.
34. Art. 25 Jurisdiction of Circuit Court in indictable offences.
35. Art. 25A Exercise of jurisdiction by Circuit Court judges in indictable offences.
36. Art. 26 Transfer of trials in criminal cases by judge of the Circuit Court.
37. Art. 26A Functions, powers and jurisdiction of specialist judges of the Circuit Court.
38. Art. 27 Jurisdiction to be exercised pursuant to rules of court (Circuit Court, Cork Local Admiralty Court and Cork Local Bankruptcy Court).
39. Art. 28 Number of justices of District Court.
40. Art. 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.
41. Art. 30 Age of retirement of justice of District Court.
42. Art. 31 Pensions of justices of District Court.
43. Art. 32 District court areas and districts and assignment of justices to districts.
44. Art. 32A Exercise of certain powers by judge of District Court outside district court district.
45. Art. 33 Jurisdiction of District Court.
46. Art. 34 Jurisdiction to be exercised pursuant to rules of court (District Court).
47. Art. 34A Jurisdiction of Family District Court and exercise of jurisdiction by judges of Family District Court
48. Art. 35 Qualification for appointment as President of the District Court and assignment.
49. Art. 36 General powers of President of the District Court.
50. Art. 36A Functions of Principal Judge of Family District Court
51. Art. 37 Abolition of Divisions of Dublin Metropolitan Justices.
52. Art. 38 Principal Justices of the Dublin Metropolitan District.
53. Art. 39 Number of judges permanently assigned to districts.
54. Art. 40 Places at which business of Dublin Metropolitan District is to be transacted.
55. Art. 41 Number of sitting days in each week for justices assigned to Dublin Metropolitan District.
56. Art. 42 Business of District Court in Dublin Metropolitan District.
57. Art. 43 Restriction of section 26 of Act of 1953.
58. Art. 44 Ex officio members of District Court Rules Committee.
59. Art. 45 Administration of justice otherwise than in public.
60. Art. 45A Qualification of certain legal academics for appointment and for nomination for appointment or election to judicial office
61. Art. 46 Provisions in relation to remuneration and pensions of judges and justices.
62. Art. 46A Remuneration to be adjusted automatically by reference to salary increases in Civil Service.
63. Art. 47 Interest on judgment debts.
64. Art. 48 Application of enactments relating to existing courts and judges and officers thereof, and rules of court.
65. Art. 49 Preservation of continuity of administration and enforcement of justice.
66. Art. 50 Appeals from District Court in criminal cases against sentence only.
67. Art. 51 Extension of section 2 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1857.
68. Art. 52 Case stated for High Court on question of law.
69. Art. 53 Application of section 26 of Hire-Purchase (Amendment) Act, 1960.
70. Art. 54 Jurisdiction to bind to the peace or to good behaviour.
71. Art. 55 Offices and officers, etc. under Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1951.
72. Art. 56 Power to continue county registrars in office after reaching age of sixty-five years.
73. Art. 57 Pension of Master of the High Court, Taxing-Master and county registrar.
74. Art. 58 Special provisions for person who, on the operative date, holds the office of Master of the High Court, Taxing-Master or county registrar.
75. Art. 59 Officers of Cork Local Admiralty Court and Cork Local Bankruptcy Court.
76. Art. 60 Right of audience of solicitors in Circuit Court, Cork Local Admiralty Court and Cork Local Bankruptcy Court.
77. Art. 61 Solicitors and commissioners for oaths.
78. Art. 62 Court may award costs without oral hearing