No. 203/1937:

EXECUTIVE POWERS (CONVICTS' LICENCES) ORDER, 1937.

EXECUTIVE POWERS (CONVICTS' LICENCES) ORDER, 1937.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 (No. 20 of 1937), that it shall be lawful for the Executive Council, whenever they think proper, to transfer by order to any Executive Minister any power which is by virtue of that Act transferred to and vested in the Executive Council:

AND WHEREAS by sub-section (2) of the said section 6 it is enacted that any power which is transferred under the said section 6 by the Executive Council to an Executive Minister may be so transferred, at the discretion of the Executive Council, in whole or in part, and with or without qualification, limitation, or restriction, and as from any date, past or future, but not prior to the date of the passing of the Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act, 1936 (No. 57 of 1936):

AND WHEREAS the Minister for Justice is an Executive Minister:

AND WHEREAS the powers in respect of which this Order is made are powers which are by virtue of the Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 (No. 20 of 1937), transferred to and vested in the Executive Council:

NOW, the Executive Council, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6 of the Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 (No. 20 of 1937), and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling, do hereby order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Executive Powers (Convicts' Licences) Order, 1937.

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. The powers of granting, revoking and altering licences under the Penal Servitude Acts, 1853 to 1891, for the release of convicts before the termination of their sentences and of remitting statutory obligations imposed on the holders of such licences are hereby transferred from the Executive Council to the Minister for Justice as from the date of the passing of the Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act, 1936 (No. 57 of 1936).

DUBLIN.

This 17th day of August, 1937.