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S.I. No. 224/1937 - Executive Powers (Remission of Sentences) Order, 1937.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1937. No. 224.

EXECUTIVE POWERS (REMISSION OF SENTENCES) ORDER, 1937.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 (No. 20 of 1937), that it shall be lawful for the Executive Council, whenever they think proper, to transfer by order to any Executive Minister any power which is by virtue of that Act or any order made under that Act transferred to and vested in the Executive Council:

AND WHEREAS by sub-section (2) of the said section 6 it is enacted that any power which is transferred under the said section 6 by the Executive Council to an Executive Minister may be so transferred, at the discretion of the Executive Council, in whole or in part, and with or without qualification, limitation, or restriction, and as from any date, past or future, but not prior to the date of the passing of the Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act, 1936 (No. 57 of 1936):

AND WHEREAS the Minister for Justice is an Executive Minister:

NOW, the Executive Council, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6 of the Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 (No. 20 of 1937), and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling, do hereby order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Executive Powers (Remission of Sentences) Order, 1937.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), applies to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. Every power of commuting or remitting any sentence or punishment pronounced or imposed by a Court exercising criminal jurisdiction (save and except any power to grant a free pardon and any power to commute a sentence of death) which by virtue of the Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 (No. 20 of 1937), was transferred to and vested in the Executive Council is hereby transferred from the Executive Council to the Minister for Justice as from the date of the passing of the Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act, 1936 (No. 57 of 1936).

DUBLIN.

This 3rd day of September, 1937.