Dail Supreme Court (Pensions) Act, 1925

Grant of pensions to former judges of Dáil Supreme Court.

2.—(1) The Minister for Justice may, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, grant to any person who held office as a judge of the Dáil Supreme Court a pension for his life at such rate as the Minister for Justice shall, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, think proper but not exceeding two-thirds of the annual salary of which such person was in receipt as a judge of the Dáil Supreme Court immediately before he ceased to hold office as such judge.

(2) Every pension granted under this section shall, subject to the provisions of this Act relating to the suspension of pensions and the avoidance of double pensions, be payable to the person to whom such pension is granted as from the date on which the annual salary of such person as a judge of the Dáil Supreme Court ceased to be paid to him.

(3) Every pension granted under this section shall be charged on and payable out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.