Judgments Registry (Ireland) Act, 1871

Deputies of first and second assistants in Record and Writ Office.

24. In case of illness or other necessary cause of absence it shall be lawful for the first and second assistant in the Record and Writ Office from time to time as occasion may require to appoint a deputy, such deputy, and also the occasion for such appointment, to be first approved by the Lord Chancellor, upon a petition to be verified by affidavit, for such time and under such regulations as the Lord Chancellor shall direct, and no such appointment of a deputy shall continue for any longer time than shall be allowed and specified in and by the said order which shall be made on such petition, and that such deputy shall be paid out of the salary or fees of such officer such sum as shall be directed by the said order.