Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863

Registrar of marriages may, subject to approval of Registrar General, appoint a deputy.

9. Every registrar of marriages appointed under the said recited Act or this Act shall have the power, subject to the approval of the Registrar General, to appoint, by writing under his hand, a fit person to act as his deputy in case of the illness or absence of such registrar; and every such deputy registrar while so acting shall have all the powers and duties and be subject to all the provisions and penalties declared by the said recited Act and this Act concerning registrars of marriages, and in case of the death of the registrar shall act as registrar until another be appointed; and every registrar shall be civilly responsible for the acts and omissions of his deputy.