Courts and Court Officers Act, 1995
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Number of judges of Supreme Court. |
6.—(1) Section 1 of the Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act, 1961 , is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2): | |
“(2) The Supreme Court shall be constituted of the following judges— | ||
(a) the president thereof, namely, An Príomh-Bhreitheamh (The Chief Justice), and | ||
(b) not more than seven ordinary judges (each of whom shall be styled ‘Breitheamh den Chúirt Uachtarach’ (‘Judge of the Supreme Court’)).”. | ||
(2) Section 14 (1) (a) (i) of the Law Reform Commission Act, 1975 , shall be construed as if “eight” were substituted for “five” in that section. |