Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863

Registrars for purposes of this Act.

10. The several superintendent registrars and registrars of the several districts, and their respective deputies, appointed from time to time and acting under the provisions of the said last-recited Act, shall from time to time be the superintendent registrars and registrars of their respective districts for the purposes of this Act, if they think fit to accept such office; and in the event of their refusal to act, the guardians of the union shall appoint a person, with such qualifications as the Registrar General may declare to be necessary, to be the superintendent registrar or registrar under this Act; and every such superintendent registrar and registrar shall hold his office during the pleasure of the Registrar General.