Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1991

Extension of definition of “service” in Second Schedule to Principal Act.

2.—In the Second Schedule to the Principal Act the definition of “service”—

(a) in paragraph 1 shall, in the case of a judge of the Supreme Court or High Court who vacates his office on or after the coming into operation of this section, be construed as including any period during which he acted as a judge of the Circuit Court under section 14 of the Act of 1936 (which provides for the temporary appointment of persons to act as Circuit Court judges);

(b) in paragraph 4 shall, in the case of a judge of the Circuit Court who vacates his office on or after the coming into operation of this section, be construed as including any period during which he acted as a judge of the Circuit Court under the said section 14; and

(c) in paragraph 7 shall, in the case of a justice who vacates his office on or after the coming into operation of this section, be construed as including any period during which he acted as a justice of the District Court under section 51 of the Act of 1936 (which provides for the temporary appointment of persons to act as justices of the District Court).