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Power to continue county registrars in office after reaching age of sixty-five years.
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56.—(1) (a) In this section “the Committee” means a committee consisting of—
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(i) the Chief Justice,
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(ii) the President of the High Court, and
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(iii) the Attorney General.
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(b) The Committee may act by a majority of its members and a warrant under this section shall be sufficiently authenticated if signed by two members of the Committee.
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(2) Where—
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(a) a county registrar is about to reach the age of sixty-five years, and
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(b) he satisfies the Committee that he is not suffering from any disability which would render him unfit to discharge efficiently the duties of his office,
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the Committee may, if they so think proper after consultation with the Minister, by warrant made before such county registrar attains the said age, continue him in office for one year commencing on the date on which he will attain the said age.
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(3) Where—
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(a) a county registrar to whom a warrant under subsection (2) of this section or under this subsection relates, or to whom a warrant under this subsection is deemed to relate, is about to reach the age of (as the case may be) sixty-six, sixty-seven, sixty-eight or sixty-nine years, and
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(b) he satisfies the Committee that he is not suffering from any disability which would render him unfit to continue to discharge efficiently the duties of his office,
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the Committee may, if they so think proper after consultation with the Minister, by warrant made before such county registrar attains the said age, continue him in office for one year commencing on the date on which he will attain the said age.
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(4) Where, immediately before the operative date, there is a county registrar whose age of retirement was extended under subsection (6) of section 35 of the Act of 1926, such county registrar shall be deemed to have been continued in office by warrant under subsection (3) of this section and to be a county registrar to whom that subsection relates.
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(5) The provisions of this section shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (6) of section 35 of the Act of 1926.
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