Court Officers Act, 1926

Duties of the county registrar.

38.—(1) Every county registrar shall have and exercise such powers and authorities and shall perform and fulfil such duties and functions as shall be from time to time conferred or imposed on him by statute or rule of court and in particular shall perform and fulfil the duties and have and exercise the powers and authorities expressly imposed or conferred on him by this Act and (unless and until otherwise provided by statute or rule of court) shall also, save as is otherwise provided by this Act perform and fulfil all the duties and have and exercise all the powers and authorities which immediately before the commencement of this Part of this Act were by law imposed on or vested in the clerk of the crown and peace or the registrar of a civil bill court or, where a local bankruptcy court formerly existed, the registrar, or any other officer of that court except the official assignee.

(2) Rules of court made under section 66 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10 of 1924), may provide for the hearing and determination (subject or not subject to an appeal to the Circuit Judge) by the county registrar of all or any class or classes of interlocutory applications and unopposed final applications in or in relation to suits or matters in the Circuit Court as well as the taking or making of all or any class or classes of accounts and inquiries in such suits or matters.

(3) The county registrar of the county, county borough, or other area in which the Central Criminal Court is for the time being sitting shall act as registrar to that court and perform and fulfil such duties and functions in relation to that court as shall be assigned to him by rules of court.