Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1991

Amendment of section 2 of Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act, 1961.

8.Section 2 of the Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act, 1961 , is hereby amended—

(a) by the substitution for “This section” in subsection (1) of “Subject to subsection (3A) of this section (inserted by the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1991), this section”, and

(b) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (3):

“(3) Upon the death, while holding office as a judge of the Supreme Court, the High Court or the Circuit Court or as a justice, of any person to whom this section applies, there shall be granted to the legal personal representative of that person a gratuity of an amount equal to the yearly amount of his salary as a judge or justice, as the case may be, at the time of his death.

(3A) Subsection (3) shall also apply to—

(a) a person appointed under section 14 of the Act of 1936 to act as a judge of the Circuit Court, and

(b) a person appointed under section 51 of the said Act to act as a justice of the District Court,

and ‘judge’ and ‘justice’ in that subsection shall be construed accordingly.”.