No. 29/1926:

SAINT PATRICK'S HOSPITAL, DUBLIN (ADAPTATION OF CHARTERS) ORDER, 1926.

SAINT PATRICK'S HOSPITAL, DUBLIN (ADAPTATION OF CHARTERS) ORDER, 1926.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 1 of the Adaptation of Charters Act, 1926 (No. 6 of 1926) that the Executive Council may from time to time by order make all such adaptations of and modifications in any Charter which by virtue of Article 73 of the Constitution has the force of law in Saorstát Eireann as are in the opinion of the Executive Council necessary in order to enable such Charter to have full force and effect in Saorstát Eireann,

AND WHEREAS in the opinion of the Executive Council the adaptations intended to be made by this Order of the Charters hereinafter mentioned (being Charters to which section 1 of the Adaptation of Charters Act, 1926 (No. 6 of 1926) applies) are necessary in order to enable such Charters to have full force and effect in Saorstát Eireann,

NOW, the Executive Council of Saorstát Eireann in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 1 of the Adaptation of Charters Act, 1926 (No. 6 of 1926) and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling do hereby order as follows :—

1. This order may be cited for all purposes as the Saint Patrick's Hospital, Dublin (Adaptation of Charters) Order, 1926.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923) applies to the interpretation of this order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. In this Order the expression " the Charter " means the Charter granted on the 8th day of August, 1746, by His late Majesty King George II. for erecting and endowing Saint Patrick's Hospital founded by the last will of the Reverend Doctor Jonathan Swift, late Dean of Saint Patrick's, Dublin, for the reception of idiots, lunatics, and incurables, and the expression " the Supplemental Charter " means the Charter granted on the 9th day of November, 1888, by Her late Majesty Queen Victoria to amend and vary the Charter.

4. The several references in the Charter to the Chancellor or Keeper of the Great Seal of the Kingdom of Ireland or to the Lord Chancellor or Keeper of the Great Seal of Ireland or to the Lord Chancellor shall be construed as referring to the Chief Justice of the Irish Free State, and the Charter shall have effect accordingly.

5. The references in the Supplemental Charter to the Chancellor of Ireland, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and the Master of the Rolls in Ireland shall respectively be construed as referring to the Chief Justice of the Irish Free State, the President of the High Court of Justice of Saorstát Eireann, and the senior ordinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice of Saorstát Eireann, and the Supplemental Charter shall have effect accordingly.

6. The reference in the Supplemental Charter to the laws and statutes of our Realm shall be construed as referring to the laws and statutes of Saorstát Eireann, and the Supplemental Charter shall have effect accordingly.

DUBLIN.

This 19th day of May, 1926.