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.”. |