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Appointment during temporary absence of assistant barrister.
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7. When it shall appear to the Lord High Chancellor, Keeper, or Commissioners of the Great Seal of Ireland, for the time being, that any assistant barrister is unable to attend at the time appointed for any session of the peace in any county or riding, or at any adjournment thereof, or to continue his attendance thereat as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, Keeper, or any Commissioner of the Great Seal for the time being, to nominate or appoint some other barrister of ten years standing at the least, and who shall not have retired from practice, to do and execute the duty of such assistant barrister for such time as such illness or absence shall continue; and every person appointed under this Act to do and execute the duty of assistant barrister during the absence or non-attendance of such assistant shall, before he shall enter on the duties of the said office, take the oath herein-before required to be taken by such assistant barrister respectively, mutatis mutandis, either before such chancellor, keeper, or commissioner, or publicly in open court at the sessions of the peace or adjournment thereof on the first day on which he shall attend at any session or adjournment thereof (and which oath the clerk of the peace or his deputy is hereby authorized and required in such case to administer) to execute such duty, and shall have all and every the powers and authorities given to such assistant barrister by this and any other Act or Acts of Parliament, and be authorized in every respect to do and execute, during the continuance of such absence, and no longer, every matter and thing which such assistant barrister might himself lawfully do if personally present.
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