Petty Sessions, Ireland, Amendment Act, 1861

Committal for drunkenness for periods of not less than forty-eight hours.

2. In every case in which any justice of the peace shall order any person to be committed to gaol for drunkenness for a period not exceeding forty-eight hours, such committal may be to any local or neighbouring bridewell, although the same may not be a district or certified bridewell, any Act or Acts of Parliament or law to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.