Dail Eireann Courts (Winding-Up) Act, 1925

Provisions in regard to the Dáil Courts Fund and the Accountant thereof.

9.—(1) On the 30th day of April, 1925, the Dáil Courts Fund shall be closed and the balance (if any) then standing to the credit thereof shall be transferred or applied in such manner as the Minister shall, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, direct.

(2) On and after the 1st day of May, 1925, all moneys payable to any person by virtue of an order made, whether before, on, or after that date, under section 17 of the First Principal Act shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

(3) On the 30th day of April, 1925, the person then holding the office of Accountant of the Dáil Courts Fund shall cease to hold that office and that office shall cease to exist.

(4) On and after the 1st day of May, 1925, the duties, powers, and jurisdictions conferred on the Accountant by section 18 of the First Principal Act shall be performed and exercised by such officer of the Minister as he shall direct, and the said section 18 shall be construed and have effect as if such officer of the Minister were substituted therein for the Accountant.

(5) All moneys paid on or after the 1st day of May, 1925, under section 18 of the First Principal Act to the officer of the Minister mentioned in the foregoing sub-section shall be applied and disposed of by such officer in such manner as the Minister, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, shall direct, and all fines imposed before, on, or after the 1st day of May, 1925, under sub-section (4) of the said section 18 and paid or payable on or after that date shall be paid into the Exchequer.