Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960

Additional extraordinary members of the Council.

33.—(1) In this section—

“the Charter” means the Royal Charter dated the 5th day of April, 1852, whereby the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland was, by the name of “the Incorporated Society of Attorneys and Solicitors of Ireland”, incorporated;

“the Supplemental Charter” means the Royal Charter dated the 14th day of December, 1888, whereby the terms of the Charter were amended and extended.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Supplemental Charter, the Council may appoint as an additional extraordinary member of the Council any solicitor holding at the time of his appointment the office of President or member of the Council of the Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association.

(3) The number of additional extraordinary members shall not at any time be more than three.

(4) Every additional extraordinary member shall hold office for the period for which ordinary members of the Council, holding office at the time at which such additional extraordinary member is appointed, hold office.

(5) Additional extraordinary members shall have the same powers and duties during their terms of office as are given by the Charter and the Supplemental Charter to ordinary members of the Council, except that no extraordinary additional member shall be eligible to be President or Vice-President of the Council.