Chancery (Ireland) Act, 1867

Tenure of office of chief clerks.

16. Every chief clerk shall, subject to the power of removal herein-after contained, hold his office on the same tenure as an officer serving in an established capacity in the permanent Civil Service of the State; and it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the judge to whose court any chief clerk shall be attached, by an order to remove any such chief clerk, without stating any cause for such removal.