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Jurisdiction of Queen’s Bench under Prisons Act transferred to Lord Lieutenant.
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III. From and after the passing of this Act all the Powers, Eights, Authority, and Jurisdiction now vested in or exercised by Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench in Ireland, or the Judges thereof, or any One or more of them, by virtue of the said recited Acts or any of them, over or with respect to the Four Courts Marshalsea, or any County Prison in Ireland, whether Gaol, Bridewell, or House of Correction, or the Prisoners therein, or any Matter relating to such Marshalsea, Prison, or Prisoners, shall be transferred to and vested in and exercised and performed by the Lord Lieutenant as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the said Lord Lieutenant had been named in the said recited Acts instead of the said Court of Queen’s Bench or the Judges thereof, or any One or more of them; and all the Provisions of the said recited Acts or any of them directing any Function or Duty to be exercised or performed by, or any Matter or Thing to be done by or with the Approbation of the said Court of Queen’s Bench in Ireland or the Judges thereof, or any One or more of them, in relation to or concerning the said Marshalsea or any such County Prison as aforesaid, or the Prisoners therein, shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be deemed and taken to apply and extend to the said Lord Lieutenant, instead of the said Court of Queen’s Bench or the Judges thereof, or any One or more of them; and the said Lord Lieutenant shall thenceforward have, exercise, and perform all the same Powers, Rights, Authority, and Jurisdiction in respect of the said Marshalsea or any such Prison or Prisoners, or any Matter relating to the same, as might have been exercised or performed under the said recited Acts or any of them by the said Court of Queen’s Bench or the Judges thereof, or any One or more of them, in case this Act had not been passed: Provided, that nothing in this Section contained shall be construed to limit or affect the Duties or Powers of the said Court of Queen’s Bench, and all and every Judge and Judges of Assize and General Gaol Delivery in Ireland, under Sections One hundred and thirty-one, One hundred and thirty-two, One hundred and thirty-three, and One hundred and thirty-four of the Prisons Act; and provided further, that the Judges of Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, or of Her Majesty’s High Court of Chancery or Admiralty, and the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy, and the Commissioners of the Court for Belief of Insolvent Debtors in Ireland, shall have and exercise the same Powers with respect to ordering the Marshal of the Four Courts Marshalsea to take into Custody any Person committed by them respectively, or to bring before them respectively any Prisoner in his Custody, which the said Judges now have with respect to the Marshal of the said Four Courts Marshalsea.
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