Courts and Court Officers Act, 1995
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Amendment of section 9 of Court Officers Act, 1945. |
35.—The Court Officers Act, 1945 , is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (1) of section 9 of that Act, of the following subsection: | |
“9.—(1) (a) Where there is a vacancy in an office attached to any court or the holder of an office attached to any court is absent or incapacitated, the Minister may, subject to subsection (2) of this section, require and authorise any officer attached to that or any other court to perform, during a specified period or until otherwise directed by the Minister, the duties (in addition to his or her own duties) of such office. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding the provision of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section, the Minister may, where the Minister considers it appropriate, require and authorise a County Registrar to perform, during a specified period or until otherwise directed by the Minister, the duties (in addition to his or her own duties) of any other County Registrar.”. | ||
36.— Section 2 of the Courts Act, 1977 , is hereby amended— |