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Grand jury so impannelled to be the grand inquest of the county, &c.
Assizes shall commence from impannelling of grand jury.
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33. The said grand jury so impannelled as aforesaid shall be and be deemed to all intents and purposes to be and shall constitute the grand inquest of the same county at and for the assizes then to be holden, and shall, save as herein-after otherwise provided, perform and discharge, and be bound to perform and discharge, all the duties, offices, and functions which any such grand jury might have performed and discharged, or would have been bound to perform and discharge, if the same were impannelled before the judge of assize in manner heretofore practised according to law, and subject to the like forfeitures, penalties, and liabilities, and shall possess and exercise all and every the powers, privileges, and authorities, which grand juries impannelled before the judge of assize in manner hitherto accustomed have possessed and exercised or ought to possess or exercise under and by virtue of the laws in force in Ireland, save as may be by this Act otherwise provided; and such grand jury shall not depart, save in case of adjournment as herein-after mentioned, until discharged by the judge of assize; and the assizes of each county shall, for the purposes of this Act, but only as respects matters connected with presentments for raising or accounting for or paying money or relating to public works, be deemed to commence from the impannelling of such grand jury as aforesaid.
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