Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023
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Amendment of section 35 of Act of 2004 | ||
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54. The Act of 2004 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 35: | ||
“35. (1) The financial institution shall pay out of the general cash account to the Exchequer such sums as the Chief Justice, from time to time, directs, not exceeding 97. 5 per cent of the aggregate of the amounts in the form of money standing in— | ||
(a) the dormant account of the funds of suitors of the High Court, | ||
(b) the special account for small balances, | ||
(c) the dormant account of the funds of suitors of the Circuit Court, and | ||
(d) the dormant funds of suitors of the District Court, | ||
as may be required for the purposes of subsection (2). | ||
(2) The sums paid to the Exchequer pursuant to a direction under subsection (1) may be applied from time to time, by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, for the purposes of defraying the costs of providing, managing and maintaining— | ||
(a) court buildings under section 5 (d) of the Courts Service Act 1998 , and | ||
(b) information and communications technology facilities for courts, court offices and the Courts Service.”. |