Courts of Justice Act, 1936

High Court Circuits.

33.—(1) At or before the commencement of this Part of this Act, the Minister for Justice shall by order, made after consultation with the President of the High Court, group the several counties and county boroughs (other than the county of Dublin and the county borough of Dublin) in Saorstát Eireann into such and so many High Court Circuits as he thinks proper.

(2) At any time after the commencement of this Part of this Act, the Minister for Justice may by order, made after consultation with the President of the High Court, either—

(a) alter the number of High Court Circuits and make such redistribution of the several counties and county boroughs (other than the county of Dublin and the county borough of Dublin) amongst the several High Court Circuits as he shall think proper having regard to such alteration of the number of such circuits, or

(b) without altering the number of the High Court Circuits, make such variation as he thinks proper of the distribution of the several counties and county boroughs (other than the county of Dublin and the county borough of Dublin) amongst such circuits.

(3) Every order made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and if either such House shall, within the next twenty-one days on which such House sits after such order is laid before it, pass a resolution annulling such order, such order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.