Circuit Court Appeals Act, 1927

Appointment of Commissioners.

1.—(1) The Governor-General, acting on the advice of the Executive Council, may at any time within twelve months after the passing of this Act, appoint such and so many Commissioners for the purpose of this Act as he shall on the advice aforesaid think proper.

(2) No person shall be appointed to be a Commissioner for the purposes of this Act unless at the time of his appointment he is a person who could, under section 16 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10 of 1924), be appointed to be a Judge of the High Court.

(3) Every person appointed to be a Commissioner for the purposes of this Act shall, while his office continues, hold his office by the like tenure as a Judge of the High Court holds his office and with the like right of resignation.

(4) The office of a Commissioner for the purposes of this Act shall cease when the purposes of this Act have been fully performed.

(5) Every person appointed to be a Commissioner for the purposes of this Act shall, while he holds that office, be paid out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas such remuneration and allowances as the Minister for Justice shall, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance determine.