Constitution (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937

Temporary user of existing official seals.

9.—(1) Until an official seal has been provided and is available for the use of the Taoiseach, it shall be lawful for the Taoiseach to use as his official seal the seal used by the President of the Executive Council as his official seal immediately before the coming into operation of the Constitution, and such seal of the President of the Executive Council shall, while it is so used by the Taoiseach, be for all purposes the official seal of the Taoiseach.

(2) It shall be lawful for every official person or body and every governmental authority, whether legislative, judicial, or executive, who or which is required by law to have an official seal, to continue until a new seal has been provided and is available for him or them to use as his or their official seal the seal used immediately before the coming into operation of the Constitution as an official seal by (as the case may require) such person, body, or governmental authority or the immediate predecessor of such person, body, or governmental authority.

(3) Every seal used, by virtue of the next preceding sub-section of this section, as an official seal by any official person or body or by any governmental authority, whether legislative, judicial, or executive, shall, while it is so used, be for all purposes the official seal of such person, body, or governmental authority.