Registry of Friendly Societies Act, 1936

The registrar of friendly societies in Saorstát Eireann.

4.—(1) In order to remove doubts, it is hereby declared that the appointment by the Minister for Finance on the 1st day of April, 1926, of Henry M. Whitton to be assistant registrar of friendly societies for Saorstát Eireann shall be and be deemed always to have been, as on and from the said 1st day of April, 1926, a valid and effective appointment of the said Henry M. Whitton to be registrar of friendly societies in Saorstát Eireann under and for the purposes of section 1 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1896 , as adapted and modified by the Registrar of Friendly Societies (Adaptation) Order, 1926, made by the Executive Council under section 12 of the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 (No. 2 of 1922), on the 4th day of October, 1926, and in order to secure that the said Henry M. Whitton shall for all purposes have been effectively registrar of friendly societies in Saorstát Eireann as on and from the said 1st day of April, 1926, it is hereby enacted that the said Registrar of Friendly Societies (Adaptation) Order, 1926, shall have and be deemed always to have had effect as on and from the said 1st day of April, 1926.

(2) So much of section 1 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1896 (as adapted and modified by the said Registrar of Friendly Societies (Adaptation) Order, 1926) as requires that the registrar of friendly societies in Saorstát Eireann shall be a barrister of twelve years standing is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that the registrar of friendly societies in Saorstát Eireann shall be a barrister of not less than ten years standing and the said section 1 (as so adapted and modified) shall be construed and have effect accordingly.